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Are you saying that we don't spend enough on the military given the tasks that our leaders have given the military? Or are you saying that as a general princip
by yequalsx 16y ago
Are you saying that we don't spend enough on the military given the tasks that our leaders have given the military? Or are you saying that as a general principle the level of funding for the military is too small?
Personally I think the military budget should be drastically cut. This includes cutting back on military commitments. I don't see how it is efficacious for the U.S. to spend around 5% GDP on defense matters while European countries spend much leas as a percent of GDP. It does not appear to me that the average American benefits enough to justify this expense.
- TomOfTTB 16y agoI'm saying we don't spend enough given the tasks they have been assigned. If the President (whoever he might be) wants to be the World's Police Man than we need to spend accordingly and that's not what's happening now. What's happening now is we're sending soldiers into harm's way with insufficient protection because we can't afford enough body armor. Think about this for a second. From Bush's first day in office to now the National Debt increased from $5.73 Trillion to $14.3 Trillion dollars yet with all that money our Soldiers are having to ask their families to buy them body armor with personal funds because the Government won't. That's obscene.