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Never heard of "firemen first"? That's what this sounds like. Whenever there's a budget fight, there's brinkmanship, and this is a common tactic. Government,
by tomohawk 6y ago
Never heard of "firemen first"?
That's what this sounds like.
Whenever there's a budget fight, there's brinkmanship, and this is a common tactic. Government, industry - it doesn't matter. Respond to cuts or proposed cuts by putting something on the cut pile that is unacceptable.
- throwaway5752 6y agoIt's not. This administration has increased the defense budget by $200 billion, cumulatively.
- sokoloff 6y agoYet if you wanted to increase it by $300B, you could still throw something unacceptable on the cut list as pressure to raise the budget further. This is a second-derivative tactic; it can be employed even if the first-derivative is positive.