[RFEngineer]

“For him to place the mission of the armed forces on the same level of legitimacy as liberal’s extra-constitutional social programs is not merely ignorant—it’s damned ludicrous.”

Yes, not one dollar less than the $600B+ a year they get now. How could the military possibly get by on less than that without jeopardizing our security. Why, if they had to scrape by on $500B, our entire way of life would collapse.

[behzinlea]

I'll reiterate: the armed forces have a legitimate and expressly constitutionally sanctioned role. They have performed that role DAMNED WELL. They've performed it so well, libertarian dopeheads and liberal dumbasses have freedom to bash them and tell them they receive TOO MUCH support.

The liberals' social programs are of another kind and quality of SUCK-ASS BAD altogether. They have not strengthened this country one damned bit. They have weakened it and undermined it. For Rand Paul to talk about military "wastefulness" and liberal social programs and Marxist wealth redistribution in the same breath shows he is appallingly stupid and uninformed, and that the good people of Kentucky may have made a mistake.

Senator-elect Rand Paul had better smarten up. His first steps out of the starting blocks looks like he's heading for a libertarian face-plant in the dirt.

[andyk]

Yes, not one dollar less than the $600B+ a year they get now. How could the military possibly get by on less than that without jeopardizing our security. Why, if they had to scrape by on $500B, our entire way of life would collapse.

It always helps to put things in perspective. :)

While there is no doubt that we cannot extricate ourselves from our fiscal nightmare without reforming entitlements, I think it's safe to say there isn't any department that can do without a little belt-tightening, the DoD included.