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Razzum frazzum...
Sep. 20th, 2012 04:13 pmIn talking about the budget cuts the military is facing, the cited impacts will be: "less training for warfighters heading to Afghanistan, fewer ships and aircraft and possible furloughs for the military's civilian employees."
Not, oh, say, cutting back on R&D (which is where most of the money goes, i.e. into $75K+ base salaries for engineers and such, not to mention the pockets of the wealthy who invest in weapons production (which is where the real money is made)), but on the people who make a pittance. On things that will endanger lives. On things that will actually INCREASE the government's financial woes in the long run.
*holds breath in rage*
This is (yet one more reason) why I am NOT proud to be an American. When more than 50% of the discretionary budget* (50 FUCKING PERCENT!!!!) goes to defense spending, and still our military personnel are underpaid, overworked and will be the ones penalized if/when budgets get cut.
It is SHAMEFUL!
(And this is leaving aside the fact that we spend more on the military than the rest of the world's countries combined...)
* The discretionary budget leaves out medicare and social security funding which are actually TRUSTS that we pay into, and, supposedly, the government can't use in any other way. Except they do. *razzum frazzums some more*
Not, oh, say, cutting back on R&D (which is where most of the money goes, i.e. into $75K+ base salaries for engineers and such, not to mention the pockets of the wealthy who invest in weapons production (which is where the real money is made)), but on the people who make a pittance. On things that will endanger lives. On things that will actually INCREASE the government's financial woes in the long run.
*holds breath in rage*
This is (yet one more reason) why I am NOT proud to be an American. When more than 50% of the discretionary budget* (50 FUCKING PERCENT!!!!) goes to defense spending, and still our military personnel are underpaid, overworked and will be the ones penalized if/when budgets get cut.
It is SHAMEFUL!
(And this is leaving aside the fact that we spend more on the military than the rest of the world's countries combined...)
* The discretionary budget leaves out medicare and social security funding which are actually TRUSTS that we pay into, and, supposedly, the government can't use in any other way. Except they do. *razzum frazzums some more*
