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Perhaps if you served in the military, you'd have some appreciation for it. Defense cuts include cutting base pay and other benefits from our brave men and women and their families. It also results in equipment not being repaired, buying substandard - lowest bid - parts, ships rot at piers, morale declines, etc. etc. etc. I experienced it under Carter and then under Clinton when I served. Democrats always target the military.
Why don't you fucking enlist and see for yourself, asswipe.
I served in the military, and I agree 100%.
And the whole "it'll cut pay and benefits" thing is utter BS.
Total Defense Spending in 2010 was 683.7 billion dollars, not including costs for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Total spending for personnel and family housing was 157.3 billion dollars.
The top 3 programs for spending were as follows:
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter $11.4 billion
Ballistic Missile Defense $9.9 billion
Virginia class submarine $5.4 billion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States