It's not really about defense spending.
World War I is not likely to happen again so there is no need to spend so much money on weapons that would win past wars.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2017/0315/Navy-s-Fat-Leonard-sex-for-secrets-scandal-widens-ensnares-retired-admiral
Topic: President Trumps Budget: Lets make the military great again - page 2. (Read 822 times)
So large military spending is complete madness! Soviet Union collapsed under pressure from military industries imbalance stifling civil economy, USA is not different. You "patriots" must learn history!
Trump did the right thing, by reducing the wasteful expenses. And he was right in increasing the defense budget, as the rival nations such as China and Russia are also increasing their defense spending.
Good evening folks 
So, Trump's first budget hit the deck today. Interesting, but nothing surprising. Unilateral cuts in everything but security spending. While I believe in a strong defense, given our obvious military superiority, I don't know if I agree with defunding social institutions and regulatory agencies in order to needlessly extenuate it. It's like we overnight said 'fuck human development, we needz more gunz!'.
Also, not seeing anything addressing entitlements. We never seem to get around to appropriately taxing the elite, but that's an argument for another time. 1.5 trillion. I want to see how the GOP reacts to this, they have been a long proponent of a balanced budget and this, is not that.
Thoughts?
So, Trump's first budget hit the deck today. Interesting, but nothing surprising. Unilateral cuts in everything but security spending. While I believe in a strong defense, given our obvious military superiority, I don't know if I agree with defunding social institutions and regulatory agencies in order to needlessly extenuate it. It's like we overnight said 'fuck human development, we needz more gunz!'.
Also, not seeing anything addressing entitlements. We never seem to get around to appropriately taxing the elite, but that's an argument for another time. 1.5 trillion. I want to see how the GOP reacts to this, they have been a long proponent of a balanced budget and this, is not that.
Thoughts?
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