I have been warning of the disaster that is Sequestration on our nation’s military for years. On this site as well. The truth is that very few people care.
Unlike other countries, when we fall( I pray we don’t until after the Lord comes) no one will come to our aide. America has always been a solo operator with God as leader and now since the government kicked Him out years ago...I pray until tears come to my eyes.
Bill Clinton, who famously loathed the military, pretty much killed off the network of specialized, highly skilled small to medium sized companies that make up the second and third tier defense sub contractors that are the backbone and worker bees of our
A major effort was mounted under George Bush to rebuild this subcontractor network to cure the disrepair and decay of the military from the Clinton years
A lot of small companies rose to the challenge and took out big debt loads to capitalize new machinery to meet the defense needs of the country after bin Laden exploited the Clinton era weakness and vulnerability to start a war of terror against America
When the sequester hit, these companies were in a bad position of high debt load and complete dependency on military contracts for close to 100 percent of their business and most had their contracts cancelled overnight.
In the space of less than a year, most were bankrupt and in liquidation thanks to our feckless politicians
A lot of people do care, but they have other higher priorities, and a history of why sequestration was implemented explains this. Dems refuse to cut spending on domestic programs (and often measure effectiveness by inputs). Socialists want cover from nominal conservatives for raising taxes. Obama thought cuts to the Pentagon budget were a Republican pain point.
Republicans believe that there is enough wasteful spending in the Pentagon budget for a significant cut, and taxes have been a severe pain point for them since a tax hike cost George HW Bush re-election. Note really cutting wasteful spending is very hard as the worst abuses are mandated by law.