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I swear to christ, we will NEVER fix the mess we are in while we have idiots like Buck McKeon in the Government.
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/394/2786080/House-Armed-Services-chair-says-he-will-reverse-DoD-cuts
"I held my breath and voted for the BCA, with the hopes that we could fix the serious problems with the bill shortly after," McKeon said in remarks prepared for delivery in Simi Valley. "That's why one of my top priorities is getting that half a trillion dollars back. The taxpayers rightly demanded that everything should be on the table for deficit reductions. I agree. But explain to me why defense is less than 20 percent of federal budget, but has accounted for half of our spending cuts to date. Taxpayers said ‘cut the fat out of defense.' We did that."
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LOL yeah blame the nameless guy that no one has heard of, and not captain noobcakes as he steers the U.S.S. budget into a 5 trillion dollar iceberg.
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I'm sure he's not being at all coerced.
Nope.
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Moe_Nox posted:
LOL yeah blame the nameless guy that no one has heard of, and not captain noobcakes as he steers the U.S.S. budget into a 5 trillion dollar iceberg.
Man, you're dumb.
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Moe_Nox posted:
Dont blame the guy calling for more spending, hes a republican!
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I can't really fault the chairman for defending his area, and if there were no cuts at all, I'd also have an issue with his statement. But simply because the chairman wants less cuts, doesn't mean that is the will of the entire congress.
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The Rs and Ds set up the deficit panel with the agreement that if the panel didn't come up with a plan that Congress could approve, massive cuts in both defense and entitlements would be made. As soon as it looked as though the panel wasn't going to agree to anything, the Rs started making noises about reneging on their promise to cut military spending.
Can they legally and procedurally do so? Absolutely. Does it show what a bunch of hypocritical liars they are? Absolutely!
During the debate to extend the debt limit, the Rs and Ds came to an agreement as to the size of the next budget. Now, the Rs are saying they want to cut more.
Can they legally and procedurally do so? Absolutely. Does it show what a bunch of hypocritical liars they are? Absolutely!
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The US military budget is way, way too high.
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I'm still thinking the best way would be to cut 10% across the board with nothing off the table.
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SoBaKi posted:
I swear to christ, we will NEVER fix the mess we are in
Until we cut bot domestic, overseas, and military spending .... not just one of the 3
Out military is too big, our overseas spending is illegal ... and our domestic spending is both illegal and immoral.
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__Bonk__ posted:
The US budget is way, way too high.
Fixt.
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SoBaKi posted:
But explain to me why defense is less than 20 percent of federal budget, but has accounted for half of our spending cuts to date.
You see, "Buck," defense spending is discretionary, while much of the other spending requires legislation in order to cut it.
I'm really surprised I need to tell this to a legislator, "Buck," especially one who chairs a committee like the one you're on. I mean, I assume that when they appoint you guys to the position of committee chair that a prerequisite would be a base level of understand of how Congress works and what the job entails. I guess that's what I get for assuming.
By the way, how are Roy Clark and the Buckaroos?
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