$15b funding shortfall, out of a budget of about $700b budgeted for the Pentagon.
Let’s see. 1/47th of their budget cut, so they might have to let go 100,000 soldiers.
In perspective, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) is slated to cost $15.9b *for development*. That is, after spending almost $16b, we will have no vehicles, just plans on how to make them. By spending a lot more money.
Since 2001, military and security expenditures have soared by 119 percent.
The #1 rule for bureaucrats, including military bureaucrats, is that “When budget cuts are threatened, offer to cut the meat, never the fat.”
They know that politicians, the public, and lobbyists will *always* “fight to keep the meat”, but if the bureaucrats foolishly offer to cut the fat, it will be cut, and more than they can tolerate. And they will lose funding for much meat as well.
“...The #1 rule for bureaucrats, including military bureaucrats, is that “When budget cuts are threatened, offer to cut the meat, never the fat.”....”
Exactly!!!!!