08-14-2012, 02:00 PM
(08-14-2012, 12:58 PM)Maggot Wrote:(08-14-2012, 12:48 PM)username Wrote: With regards to cost reductions, I'd like to see everything on the table. The entitlement programs certainly but how much money is wasted on the holy grail of defense spending? While I appreciate the strength of our armed services, do we really need to be spending something like more than the combined totals of the 11 countries behind us?
Public pension reform. Labor unions ought to go bye-bye (we have enough state and federal laws protecting workers these days)...
So much we could do.
China and Russia do not tell anyone what they spend on the military.
I just heard that "11 countries combined" statement so I can't verify that right now but I did find the following regarding China. Accurate? Dunno.
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03...-2012.html