Scrutinizing the Pentagon budget: "$382 billion has nothing directly to do with the wars we're fighting
right now. That doesn't mean it's unnecessary or unjustified; maybe
some of it is, maybe some of it isn't. But it's not the stuff of life
and death, like the other parts of the budget—Social Security,
Medicare, and Medicaid—that Obama wants to exclude from the freeze. It
should be subject to the same discipline—the same line-by-line,
page-by-page analysis—as the rest of the budget."
The half-trillion defense budget is the biggest of sacred cows. It's also the biggest subsidy the feds provide for the states. It defies common sense to believe that every inappropriate expenditure is scrubbed from that budget.
But, lordy lordy, just imagine the stink if someone starts taking a chopper to it.
Posted by: justcorbly | Jan 28, 2010 at 07:01 PM
Great idea. BRAC it down a few notches.
Posted by: James | Jan 28, 2010 at 07:49 PM
check it out: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d?utm_source=onion_rss_daily
Posted by: noirhound | Feb 01, 2010 at 10:14 AM