[jiminycricket000]

I notice that he doesn’t have the balls to say exactly what he would cut in the military. Jets? Warships? Nuclear weapons? Troop numbers? Nuclear Submarines? Pay and benefits for troops? Cut spending for disabled veterans? Research and development of weapons? Run from Afghanistan and leave it to the Taliban and al Quaida? Watch China’s military grow exponentially while we shrink our own? If he can say military cuts should be on the table, then he needs to have the balls to say what gets cut, or else he needs to shut up. The people who elected this man should stand up and tell him the first federal cut should be in HIS pay check and HIS benefits.

[kAcknor]

So the consensus is absolutely no? Without the benefit of hearing what to cut? I suspect knee jerk here. Quite understandable, your list is the standard cuts threatened by liberals. Like the local mayor who wants a tax cut saying that police & fire will have to go, and that new playground will close too!

Why not consider pulling out of Europe? 65 years after the fall of Nazi Germany seems long enough. We still have troops in Japan too. Do we really need them there?

There may be good arguments to keep theses bases open, but assuming that planes ships and troop cuts are first on his list is premature.

[superloser]

The people who elected this man should stand up and tell him the first federal cut should be in HIS pay check and HIS benefits.

US Constitution, Amendment 27: "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."

Nice idea, but no effect for two years.

[dr_who]

Ah yes, Veteran’s benefits are the largest chunk of defense spending. I think they come right after social security and medicare in terms of the amount of money spent, IIRC.