IT’S THE DEMOCRATS’ “PEACE DIVIDEND, STUPID”.
The Democrats, under Bill Clinton, cut over 1/3 of our military. When (Democrat) commentators remark that under Clinton, there were cuts in the Government - what they don’t want to emphasize is that 90% of government cuts were in the Department of Defense, cutting both military and civilian jobs. Almost everywhere else - growth.
Of course, Clinton dodged and evaded dealing with terrorist issues, so that they would only get bigger and more dangerous, and we would have fewer resources to deal with them.
And in 2001, there were too many “leaches” sucking at the Government’s teat who didn’t want any of those new programs cut . . . Their solution was to raise taxes on the wealthy (i.e. - reverse the cuts that spurred our economic growth) or cut military programs even more to pay for the war on terror. Senseless and stupid!!
Mike
Agreed.