White House eyes annual 8% cut to defense budget through 2030

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48. Of course the defence budget needs to be cut

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Anyone who has worked at the defense department at any managerial level is quite aware that the defense budget needs to be cut. One third would be about right.

The problem is, which third? Have to cut mission capabilities. As long as we plan on policing the world, it will cost.
We can do any thing, but not everything.

The problem is readiness. If you want to be able to respond quickly to damn near anything, it costs money.

We still have significant combat power in Europe and Korea, and I am not saying that is a bad thing, but it costs money. 11 carrier task groups cost money. Defending the world against evil is an admirable goal, one that I endorse, but a military as large and professional as ours is expensive and wasteful.

Getting us out of NATO and firing the inspectors doesn't help, but none of this makes any sense anyway