The Wrong Time to Cut Defense

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 The Wrong Time to Cut Defense
Posted By Matthew Continetti On November 16, 2018 @ 5:00 am


Last month, when the Treasury Department reported that the fiscal year 2018 deficit was a staggering $779 billion, President Trump made an announcement. Before meeting with his cabinet, the president said he would be asking every secretary to trim five percent, "if not more," from his or her budget. Nor would he exempt the department of Defense.

Here's hoping Trump changes his mind. Cutting the resources available to the Pentagon is a bad idea. A new report from the bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission underscores just how bad.



URL to article: https://freebeacon.com/columns/wrong-time-cut-defense/

[Dexter]

No true conservative thinks we need to be spending 800 billion dollars a year on the military while we have no organized major enemy to fight. Our congress is in the pocket of the military-industrial complex. There is an incredible amount of unnecessary military spending. We could probably cut military spending in half and remain just as capable if we did it right.

[RetBobbyMI]

There is enough waste in the DOD budget that 5% could easily be achieved. It’s just some people want to make political hay out of it.