"The Army can't even pay it's bills now. WTF? Not to mention that there is a severe manpower and material shortage."
Reality? We don't have enough bucks to pay for current operations, much less anything else. Even if you cut other existing non-military programs, we need to rescind the tax cuts. You can't fight a war and build the military while cutting taxes. Just doesn't work. Period.
OMG, I can't believe I'm reading this on FR! And nobody's called you on it! While I agree with the idea of increasing the overall size of the military (in a "smart" way), what you're posted here is pure moonbattery, worthy of being posted at DU.
You do know about the Laffer curve, right? You do know that every time marginal tax rates have been cut, revenues have increased? You do know that revenues are UP since the Bush tax cuts (as always happens)? There goes that argument...
Seems to me, if you want more money for military spending, taxes should be cut again! (along with common-sense cuts to discretionary spending and new caps on non-discretionary spending).