Posted on 02/12/2022 11:05:26 AM PST by jonrick46
Question: Do you think we spend too much on national defense?
Is the Pope Catholic?
This question is for your answers without my response to influence your opinion.
That’s not the question....the question should be is what we’re spending on National Defense buying the right stuff?
Paraphrased: Millions for defense and not one thin dime for tribute or virtue. I forgot the author.....maybe Jefferson?
Yes.
But to transition away from it would kill the US economy. And many of those jobs keep the deep red states, deep red.
Yes, the Fed Gov spent $6 trillion last year with only $3 trillion in revenue. Everything needs to be cut.
The good news is a lot could be cut without threatening our security.
Planes that cost $1 billion and carriers that cost $10 billion are bad investments. In a real war we will will never use them. Assets like that cannot be deployed to any theatre they have a risk of being lost.
Thin dime? - no, red cent.
Looks like it was a newspaper that supported Jefferson that originated the quote
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A newspaper known to be a strong supporter of Thomas Jefferson ran an article with the headline “Millions for Defense, but not a Cent for Tribute” thus picking up the rallying cry once again.
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Not too much, just too much on stupid stuff.
We buy systems the military doesn't want or need because their congress critters want the jobs in their district.
The contracting methods are inefficient and costly.
The requirements are poorly defined.
Books have been written on the subject.
Considering most wars we fought were not even needed? Yes...
We spend tons of money for defense and the WORST ENEMIES of freedom are in our own government. Why don’t we spend money for something useful? Tar? Feathers? Rope?
Probably a small amount of the budget, but we have way too many general/flag officers as a percentage of the overall force. IMO, that can create problems in readiness by gumming up the works. We have too many Courtney Massengales, need more Sam Damons.
Yes, because an astonishing amount of it is for woke crap like trannies and homos and girls in combat units, for domestic political suppression and domestic spying, and for retarded green projects like jet fuel from algae. We also paid money to send a large group of soldiers to Red China for some Army Olympics.
They clearly have too much money.
It doesn’t matter when they’re spending it on over priced fluff and wokeness.
Our generals and admirals continue to fight the last war, not prepare for the next one.
Never mind “gender-confirming” Frankenstein (or Frank-N-Furter?) surgeries and their cost(s).
“That’s not the question....the question should be is what we’re spending on National Defense buying the right stuff?”
One way to reduce the defense budget. Close all of our foreign bases and bring home all troops stationed outside the continental US except for the Marines guarding each embassy. Let the rest of the world defend itself.
First we need agreed to National Objectives that don't change between Administrations.
That was meaningful before the One World Gov't crowd showed up.
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