Should US military spending be cut?

In particular, the part of the military budget paying for drones over Amerika.

There is no doubt that the United states has no reason to interfere with the work of other nations who have their own problems of oversized government relative to their inorganic resource base.

The world would love us to decease military spending. China would just zoom in and officially take over.

We are China's biggest support. If they lost the US, they'd be back in the 18th Century.

drastically

Stop sending people to their Deaths..... We need to fix out countries problem first before we try to "FIX" other countries

Yes, but the right wing will fight it all out. The right wing is connected to the hip of the military industrial complex, just like they are connected to the hip of wall street. They have no conscience to cut funding to poor children, and cutting food stamps to their parents. Naw to hell with the poor, we have to fund the Plutocrats because they fund our politicians.

Although our defense budget is twice as much as all the other nations combined, that isn't enough for the defense contractors. Just like the Plutocrat billionaires, they never have enough money. Like vultures they will peck away at the taxes that 99% pays to the treasury, until we are all broke. The right wing enables this greed gang!!!!!!!!

The Left Wing supports the Military-Industrial complex too. In fact, the Left Wing started the MIlitary Industrial complex by passing the Federal Reserve Act and the Income Tax. These Acts were necessary to finance Big War and steal the wealth of the people.

WWI, WWII, Korea and VietNam were all wars started and funded by the Social Democrats.

SO, what's your point. I have no idea if what you say is true about Federal Reserve Act, because a lot of what is said on here is right wing mythology from the right propaganda machine to have their little minions go spreading their lies around. The income tax I know isn't true because it is a constitutional amendment. But just to make you feel good lets make believe everything you said is true. So what in the hell has that to do with now???? You certainly aren't going to dispute that your right wing gang has nothing to do with this bloated military budget???

Oh by the way, WW2, and Korea we were attacked. So I take it you don't think we should have defended our country, and just submitted to the aggressors. As what I remember, Nixon had more years of fighting VietNam then LBJ. Also Nixon lied while running for president, that he would end the war immediately, if elected. He said had a secret plan to end the war. Another right wing liar!!!!!!!!!

My god, and Left Wingers are historically illiterate too I see. Check out the dates that I quoted... is that too much trouble for the children of the left?

What has it go to do with it now? Simple, look at the track record of the Left and we can see where it leads: World War, Depressions, Inflation, Police State, Energy crises, Collapse. Then look at the record of the Free Enterprise Conservatives: Regional conflicts, small recessions based on business cycles, states rights, self reliane, energy surpluses and falling gasoline prices, and solid Business and job growth.

OH MY GOD!!! You really are a mental captive of your handlers. I have no idea if you are a hostage of the right wing, and have the Stockholm syndrome, or you are just weak minded, and have been brain washed!!!! Buddy you are really screwed up!!!!!!! First place you don't even know what you said in your reply to me. You did not quote any dates. Also most of what you said in your latest reply, you can put on your masters.

You can pin WW1 on a Democratic president, and that's real laugher, because you had to go back 100 years to prove one point of yours. The rest of all your garbage is just right wing blather that everybody has heard for years. So you repeating this crap is just more propaganda. Depression Hoover, inflation, Nixon. Energy crisis again Nixon, and also a manufactured energy crisis, your hero Jr. Police state that's your right wing hero W, in fact your whole party believes in a police state. You know they don't want the peons to have any power, you and your gang have to take care of billionaire greed gang. Yeah I could go on and on but whats the use. Your a complete captive of evil doers, to quote your stupid hero!!!

Please, I can't take your Left Wing drivel any more.. it is so Far Left you are making Nikolai Lenin look like a campfire girl. I don't have to quote any dates, if you don't know when WWI began and who was president?
.... I mean du-uhhh..

Depression? Better check those dates out because FDR was elected to four terms in office... and turned a financial crisis into the Great Depression. The financial crisis was caused by the Federal Reserve which was put into place during the Wilson administration.. another Left Wing one-worlder...

Stalin.. Socialist, Hitler... Socialist, FDR... Socialist, Obama... Socialist

I can't think of anything the federal government spends that should not be cut.

ALL SPENDING SHOULD BE CUT

And not for the reason you might think.I stumbled on a post a few hours ago. About the comprehensive annual budget,I think it was called. On this site found through, striker.

why do you believe the military budget shojld not be cut?

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

why do you believe the military budget should not be cut?

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. For every City,County,State, and National Level.

why do you believe the military budget should not be cut?

Spend more on HEW and infrastructure, as well as modern conveniences.

more social programs

And while we are at it let us get rid of the department of education.

How about the GSA, you know the guy in the hot tub.

Without defense, we are sitting ducks. Get out of other's business, but let the world know that anybody that tries to mess with us IN OUR COUNTRY will be DESTROYED. Don't go looking for trouble, but be ready to fight if it comes looking for you!

We should be bringing these soldiers back home and put them on our border, protecting us from illegals including terrorists.

what should we cut to spend on military?

Cut our 200,000 troops from Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, South Korea. Eliminate 3 of our 12 carrier groups. Merge the Marine Corps with Army.

so you are not asking for any kind of cuts in spending.

marine corps is already part of the navy

Large cuts. Reducing the military by 200,000 and eliminated 3 carrier groups should be good for about $100,000 billion per year savings.

doesn't cut spending does it. just gives more for the pentagon to spend on other areas.

so when you eliminate the 60 naval vessels are those thousands of military part of your 200k

First my mistake. It should read $100 billion per year savings in stead of $100,000 billion. I was just off by a factor of a thousand.

The elimination of the 3 carrier groups would involve the additional reduction in Naval personnel to my 200k. I do not know how many sailors are in 3 carrier groups, perhaps 30,000.

Another way to express my suggestion is for Congress to cut military spending by $100 billion per year. A way to achieve this saving would be reducing our troop strength by 200,000 by eliminating some our overseas installations and eliminating 3 carrier groups.

nothing you ahve suggested cuts spening. al you have suggeted is cutting the number in the military

We can cut the defense budget and still have plenty of resources to protect our country from invasion.

I'm sure there is ALOT of waste in every part of government that can be cut.

You got that right. The biggest vacuum though is the defense budget.

We should have across the board cuts in all of government by the tune of 10%. Government should have cut 10% of government spending and jobs across the board instead of increase it as Obama has done. All businesses or persons in a down economy cut--not the dems!

We should be selling all the empty buildings that our country owns through the GSA, you know the guy in the hot tub. We should make all the government workers who pay NO TAXES pay up or get out. We should get rid of the 175,000 new workers that the President has hired and all of the useless Czars. The worst of the tax dodgers work at the white house.