{"id":41178,"date":"2014-02-24T09:58:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T16:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/reducing-the-us-military-budget-inconceivable.html"},"modified":"2014-02-24T09:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T16:58:59","slug":"reducing-the-us-military-budget-inconceivable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/reducing-the-us-military-budget-inconceivable.html","title":{"rendered":"Reducing the US military budget? Inconceivable!"},"content":{"rendered":"
I mean, what would happen if next fifteen largest military spenders in the world all ganged up on us and we weren't still spending more than all of them combined!? MADNESS!<\/p>\n

I'm not particularly here of making some of the budget cuts in terms of pay tightening and reduced benefits to folks in the service. That's the wrong way to get the best and the brightest. \u00a0But, then, I suspect this proposal will be DOA once the defense contractors and congresscritters with bases or shipyards in their districts get a look at it.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Axel Haenssen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

About time.\u00a0\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level<\/a>
\n Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel\u2019s budget proposal would eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets and scale back the size of the Army not just to pre-9\/11 levels, but to the force\u2019s size in 1940.\n <\/p>\n

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I mean, what would happen if next fifteen largest military spenders in the world all ganged up on us and we weren't still spending more than all of them combined!? MADNESS! I'm not particularly here of making some of the budget cuts in terms of pay tightening and reduced benefits to folks in the service. … Continue reading “Reducing the US military budget? 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