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The Right Way to Cut Defense Spending

pseese Wrote: Jan 15, 2013 10:53 AM

Huh? Vic, you displayed that you never served... that's ok. But, now you have the nerve to say the vets should not "double dip." You are a fool? A guy retires at a young age from the military and goes on to another career. Now you have a problem with that? Remember, he gave up his rights and possibly his life (if required). I guess I need to enlighten you, due to your lack of common sense... this is not a normal job. If you work at Target and someone shoots at you; you can leave... well, that's not the same with the military... YOU FIGHT! In return the government gives you your retirement when you retire. Since you are not as brave as those who defend our country; you complain because the person decided to move on to another career. The...

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The Right Way to Cut Defense Spending

Republicans, and many Democrats, are upset by the prospect of so-called sequestration cuts to the nation's defense budget. Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is so alarmed that the day before the Senate took up what became the "fiscal cliff" agreement, he called a key Republican lawmaker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, to express deep concern that the cuts might go into effect. As it turned out, Congress put them off for two months.

Sequestration would force the government to reduce discretionary spending by about $1.2 trillion over the next decade. Roughly half of that, or $600 billion, would come from defense -- a...

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