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Victor_c3

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8. I suspect this is all a part of the various government agencies strategy to fight a budget cut

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 07:49 AM

Feb 2013

I really think that all of these agencies are trying to make any budget cut as painful as possible to show the public "hey, you can't cut us! A small portion of cuts means that all of this terrible stuff will happen. You'll have to cut from some other agency".

They can cut other things that wouldn't have nearly as large of an impact, but that would just show that they could easily cut more. They have to make it as painful as they can so that cuts to our war budget become an unpalatable option to the public.

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Air Force Chief Says 70% of ALL Combat Aircraft 'Non Combat Capable By July' [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2013 OP

Absolutely agree w/you. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #1

If this guy's plan for dealing with budget cuts is to let our planes go NORS ... Scuba Feb 2013 #2

don't know about other commands but gejohnston Feb 2013 #9

Why is it that we spend way more than most of the other powers combined on "defense" kevinbgoode1 Feb 2013 #3

we piss a lot of it away of stupid stuff gejohnston Feb 2013 #10

Sounds like a great excuse for a false flag event think Feb 2013 #4

That strikes me as only possible if every single penny SheilaT Feb 2013 #5

Close some foreign bases and sell them Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #6

+100 more and think Feb 2013 #7

I suspect this is all a part of the various government agencies strategy to fight a budget cut Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #8

Here's a little something the Veterans For Peace put together regarding the subject: unhappycamper Feb 2013 #11