Defense and our military is the cornerstone of our values, our freedoms, our world standing (which is related to economic power by the way), and our national will.
Defense has already been subject to $450 Billion in cuts over ten years before Sequestration. Those initial cuts began in 2011 (2 years ago). Defense has already been cut, and cut deep.
Sequestration is a disaster for the Dept of Defense. They cannot touch troop personnel strength, so the money has to gutted from Operations and Maintenance, and because they delayed it once all of those cuts have to take place between March and September, and that is only for the first year.
When you hear the news stories about the military cutting bone and muscle this time, it is not an exaggeration.
This is madness. Our Republicans masters in Congress came up with this jack assery along with their drinking buddies in the Democrat seats. They came up this forumula. They placed great hope in a Windmill In The Sky "Super Committee" that would be chaired by Senator Murry, Senator Kerry, and Rep Clyburn.
The "Super Committee" was such a joke the Democrats walked out. And then they laughed in the Republicans faces.
The GDP went down 0.1% last quarter because Defense spending shrunk 22.1%, the lowest over 40 years, and that was before Sequestration.
Entitlements are exempt from Sequestration. So the US military and the men and women who serve in it are paying the price for runaway Food Stamps, Social Security Disability, and 3/4 Trillion in unemployment checks cut since 2008.
How is this moral and good?
It isn't.
The Republicans need to wake up, and realize they will be blamed when the Obama economy goes into recession (and it will). They will be blamed for weakening the military (and they will definitely be greatly responsible if they allow Sequestration to happen), and they will have broken faith with our men and women in uniform.
If you want to embrace all of that, go ahead.