[Cheerio]

Office personnel more important than troops

[Diogenesis]

How much taxpayer money went to al Qaeda as “rebels”?

How much to al Qaeda for their MANPADS through Benghazi?

How much to GAZA to murder Jews and Christians?

How much to Taliban to murder American troops?

and to Syria to murder Christians?

and to Egypt to murder everyone except NAZIs?

So many questions, and no answers until Wikileaks.

[madison10]

...but giving our WORKING military raises was asking too much.

[AndyJackson]

This lack of investment into our military puts the United States as a prime target for countries who are committed to spending on their armies.

While I appreciate the sentiment, and support an effective military, you don't get there from here by dumping more money on this Pentagon. Most of the money gets lost in the acquisition mess in D.C. with little produced for the war-fighter - Trump's call for the cancellation of the Air Force 1 contract is the tip of this ice berg.

You need to deracinate an entire corrupt crony-capitalist inside the beltway system before you can actually be more effective in military spending.

And its not "an investment." It's an expense. You don't own a capital asset off of which you can generate an income stream.

This abuse of the word "investment" in D.C. is one of those Orwellian distortions that keep anyone from knowing what is actually going on.

[Newbomb Turk]

Got to recover those re-enlistment bonuses from the Soldiers in California though. /S

[Right Wing Assault]

Those people are from India.

[R_Kangel]

..... Well ... I have always wondered what category the Pentagon files the almost limitless cost of the Black OPS Operations under.

[Neoliberalnot]

Bo’s most damaging acts to our military include undermining morale and replacing our warriors and their leaders with sodomites and politicians with a social agenda.