The House is willing to discuss increasing revenue, but I have not seen the Senate or the President willing to talk about any real cuts.
What should they discuss?
How about the FACT that We, The Peeps spend 30% more on guns than the next 10 countries combined.
The Military Imbalance: How The U.S. Outspends The World
The only thing dumber is putting it on a credit card.
And how is say Europe doing with all of that money they no longer used for their militaries after gutting their armed forces in the 90's? Even if we gutted it with a 100 Bn cut like the other guy suggested, fine, so, that leaves a yearly deficit of still more than a trillion.....
The military has actually been cut, new carriers cut from 5 to 2, down to 10 carrier groups, the raptor cut at 180, etc.
Europe is still there; the Rooskies didn't invade because they sniffed weakness. No one else invaded either.
So the whole "it will leave us exposed" argument made in opposition to cutting the defense budget is dispelled because we have an example, Europe.