Rat in the Hat
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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.