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Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan
PS - I also personally would say the BIGGEST thing for spending sensibly would be for America to cut its ludicrously huge military budget, there is absolutely no requirement for the US to spend as much as the next 20 countries combined on their military ... its purely political grandstanding and profiteering ..
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The DOD, for as expensive as it is....is the one government institution that truly gives us something in return. (EDIT: That is harsh...gives us the most value for our dollar, IMO) I'd love to cut costs...would I would love to see is a match program with the rest of the free world. For every dollar we stop spending to defend our collective way of life....you must pledge a dollar. I'm looking specifically at NATO, the Middle East allies, Japan, South Korea and anybody else that enjoys our military services.
We are getting owned by these nations for not paying in to the system that they want...and quite frankly...need.
Although as a veteran, I will say that I'm a bit leery with these politicians that continually target personnel pay and pensions. We need to fix that, but we never should look first to rescind promises we've made to 18 year olds to join the military.
Why are these veterans so expensive? Free healthcare...free education....good pensions....that's expensive stuff. Imagine if we implemented that for all citizens while asking for nothing in return.