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If you read my other post in this thread, you'll understand why these cuts are so much more significant for the DoD. It also makes clear why having even more money this year doesn't mean the cuts won't be significant. To add to that, the price of everything is going up. That affects government operating expenses, too. Fuel, for example, costs more than last year. So does a lot of other things thanks to the lack of leaders in BOTH parties.

In fact, I'd say the impact of sequestration proves inflation is much worse than the government claims, because they themselves have to ramp up spending each year just to stay even. In other words, spending 10% more doesn't mean they're getting 10% more. I suspect inflation hits the military far more than other government agencies, because the military probably uses far, far more rapidly inflating things like food, ammo, and fuel (not counting the billion rounds of hollow point ammo purchased by DHS).

It is interesting to read how money is spent on stupid research. Millions. But yet they can’t open the WH which costs like 18,000 per week to run????