The mantra of “we can’t afford to cut, X” is the root of the problem. If they money doesn’t exist because you decided to spend it over the previous 5 years because we couldn’t “afford” to cut something then too bad. Should have exercised some discipline when you had the chance.
Irresponsibility has consequences.....
Our funding of the military is probably the one thing the government has done mostly right. We have the best trained and equipped forces in the world and the proof is in the pudding. But the world hasn't gotten safer with the election of the 0bammessiah - only more dangerous. Until we can regroup and evaluate our condition the armed forces following Iraq and Afghanistan, it is too soon to even discuss 'cut' in the military budget. I was in the military of the Jimmy Carter and Bill Cllinton. It wasn't pretty and am outright thankful Reagan saw that a strong military - with associated spending- was necessary for our country to survive. I was stationed in Germany when the wall fell, when only a few years earlier they were still shooting at border crossers.