New HASC chairman’s tough sell: More defense spending isn’t always better
By: Leo Shane III   1 day ago
WASHINGTON — Adam Smith isn’t arguing that the military already has enough money to face every threat. He’s just pointing out that they’ll never have enough.
“Here’s how the House Armed Services Committee works,†the incoming chairman of the committee told reporters at a recent roundtable event. “We have people from the Pentagon, we have people from think tanks come in and tells us about a threat. They then explain how we are totally unprepared for the threat, there’s a risk we’re all going to die, and they say we have to spend more money.
“That is the entire theme of how 90 percent of the people look at our defense budget: Scare the crap out of you and convince you to spend more money. Some of that is self interest. But the bulk of it is simple paranoia.â€
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/12/24/new-hasc-chairmans-tough-sell-more-defense-spending-isnt-always-better/
