Joint Chiefs chairman reiterates security threat of high debt

[Rat in the Hat]

The military puts in a budget every year.

The less they spend, the less Congress authorizes. Lower military budget= less deficit

Take away two wars.....does the Army still need ten Divisions?
Does the Navy still need 11 carrier groups when no other nation has one?
Does the Air Force need modernization when no other nation threatens air superiority?
Do we need to maintain a nuclear force that can destroy our biggest threat 100 times over?

The military could submit a budget of $6 trillion.

It is up to the Congress and the President to approve it or not.

If Congress and Obama only approve $10 million, it is up to the Joint Chiefs to find a way to live within that approval limit. They will have no other choice than to "cut it down".

If they don't have the funding they want given to them, they will have to pull out without even a "mission accomplished".

The budget is a civilian function, it's as simple as that.

Unfortunately the military budget is never simple.

They don't submit a dollar number they submit a budget comprised of individual expenditures. Individual expenditures are funded on a case by case basis

And Congress can case by case drop them to $100.00 per line item, and if the President signs it, the military has to live with it.

The military can not just wish up a budget and have what they want. Our government decides what they get. And if it's not enough, the military has to tighten it's belts.

Our representatives can reduce the deficit on the backs of our soldiers. If they have the balls. And Obama could have ended the two wars, and closed Gitmo, as he promised. Again, if he had the balls.

 

[uscitizen]

The Military puts in a budget every year. If the current deficit is as big a threat to national security as they say...is the military willing to bite the bullett and accept major cuts?

We have two major wars going on. Is the military willing to pull the plug, declare "mission accomplished" and go home?

We have the strongest military machine in history. Are they willing to cut it down to reduce the deficit?

The military isn't in charge...the President is.

The military can't spend a friggen dime without the okay from Congress and the Secretary of Defense at the behest of the President.

The military puts in a budget every year.

The less they spend, the less Congress authorizes. Lower military budget= less deficit

Take away two wars.....does the Army still need ten Divisions?
Does the Navy still need 11 carrier groups when no other nation has one?
Does the Air Force need modernization when no other nation threatens air superiority?
Do we need to maintain a nuclear force that can destroy our biggest threat 100 times over?

ummm no.

but reality is as the military is cut so goes down our economy some. Our economy depends a fair bit on military spending.

 

[my2¢]

The figure that I've long viewed with disgust is the percent of the budget that is going toward paying the interest on the debt. Uncle Sam's credit card should have been cut up long ago but instead they're piling on more.