Wrong!!! Yes we are broke but lets see, how about we start with Congress? We can start cutting their pay and bennies, let them live in barracks as well. Then we can move on to cutting all bennies to illegals. After that we can quit importing poverty from 3rd world illiterate countries and quit giving bennies to their families that follow through chain migration...........if you can’t feed yourself, I would suggest you stay home and don’t travel across the world for me to take care of you!!! How about we get rid of these stupid entities the the DOE, DHS, Dept. of Energy, etc.? And as for federal worker pay freezes, they should be cut in half first!!!
And last but not least, the military tightens their belt and makes the sacrifice the minute they raise their hand and swear to serve our country.
I certainly agree that we need to make major reductions across government. Since the military is a substantial part of government spending, it cannot be spared. I am sensitive to compensation of military serving in war zones abroad. Perhaps pay of higher ranks especially for those serving in the US can be reduced or controlled more. The major savings will need to come from reducing our committments abroad and in some weapon systems.
Unfortunately, we have no choice but to reduce spending across government. Either we reduce across government or external forces will compel reductions for us. The impact of external forces will be much uglier than reductions initiated ourselves.
Don’t forget about cutting funding for turtle tunnels and bridges to nowhere before we cut troop pay and retirement!
There are a lot of things that be cut first.