The Defense Department on Monday proposed cutting the Army to its smallest size in 74 years, slashing a class of attack jets and rolling back personnel costs in an effort to adjust a department buoyed by a decade of war to an era of leaner budgets.Read the rest here.
The five-year budget blueprint outlined by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reflects a willingness by the Pentagon to make deep cuts to personnel strength to invest in technology and equipment as it eases off a war footing.
A good start. But I don't imagine that the Obama Administration will be showing a similar appetite for attacking the welfare state.
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I don't share your optimism. Even if Defense were totally cut from the budget, we'd still show a deficit.
Well, they're not cutting the budget. They're cutting the manpower and planning to replace it with technology.
Still no adults to be found anywhere in our ruling class. *shrug*
A good reminder to put not our trust in princes.
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