Well that didn't take long - Republicans to INCREASE spending

[DanXIII 8]

The American Conservative

 

The presumptive new Republican chairman of the House Armed Services committee, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), has announced that he will push for an increase in defense spending. In a rambling reply to a Reuters correspondent, McKeon explains how he’s going to defend America from the future:

 

"We’re spending less than at times in the past and we’re involved in two wars, as a percentage of our gross product. So I think, myself, I think you have to be very careful of the taxpayer dollar and I think the things the Secretary (of Defense) is pushing for with increased savings through efficiency. I support that. But I also support a higher top line because we have underlying costs that are taking such a high percentage of our budget that we’re not going to have enough to do the R&D and do the weaponry spending to provide the wherewithal to have the defense that we need. So, you know, they cut back in missile defense. They cut back in the F-22. They cut back in the next generation bomber. All these things for the future, and we can’t wait for the future to come. We need to be prepared for it. So, I think we need more money in defense and I think we need to do a better job spending that money."

 

Elsewhere in the interview, McKeon continues to argue for a second engine for the $382 billion F-35 joint strike fighter program, a redundancy that Secretary Gates has repeatedly insisted is not necessary (he apparently didn’t see the slick website lobbyists have created to convince us). But not to worry, a corporate welfare program for General Electric’s defense division “hasn’t been a partisan position,” according to McKeon. His colleagues on both sides of the committee’s dais agree on adding unnecessary lines to the defense budget, while justifying the service to defense lobbyists as ensuring “competition.” As Gates pointed out early this year, “only in Washington is a proposal where everybody wins get considered a competition.” So much for McKeon’s goal of doing “a better job spending that money.”

 

In this climate, it’s remarkable that some are still brave enough to suggest that we could scrap the F-35 program entirely, and rely on other existing fighter production lines to meet future needs. But if Buck McKeon won’t even accept cuts to pork attached to existing programs, there is little reason to hope that the future will include any significant cuts to DoD’s budget. The future is coming, and it looks like it will surely include the GOP’s favorite form of redistribution: bloated defense.

 

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[mobb_deep 920]

Oh noes, the terrorists are winning again.

[GettnHuge 2]

The other option would be to surrender to them terrorists. No way I say!

[KSB2424 3,148]

You mean to tell me the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, wants more money for the Armed Services? That's crazy talk!

[DanXIII 8]

You mean "across the board spending cuts" actually means "increased spending where I think it should be?"

 

These guys are no more likely to reduce spending and cut the deficit/national debt than their predecessors. They're two sides of the same corrupt coin.

 

[surferskin 30]

They've also increased the stock market and job creation.

[RLLD 4,230]

BUSH!!!!!!

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Overreacting and lying by the lefty posters certainly didn't take long either.

[DanXIII 8]

A conservative Web site reported it, Tummy. I merely shared it.

 

[PackYourNut 47]

They could just get rid of Obamas vacation and pay for it all!

[MDC 7,431]

Not to worry: Once we cut taxes the fed will be magically rolling in tax revenue to pay for all of the GOP's pork barrell military spending.

 

Problem solved.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

A conservative Web site reported it, Tummy. I merely shared it.

 

Exactly what in the report states that Republicans are going to increase spending? You had to lie so you did. It's understandable, lefty media does it all the time

[Mungwater 597]

Not to worry: Once we cut taxes the fed will be magically rolling in tax revenue to pay for all of the GOP's pork barrell military spending.

 

Problem solved.

 

military spending is a necessary evil, I wouldn't put it in the same pork barrel as the BS spending that's been going on

[MDC 7,431]

Exactly what in the report states that Republicans are going to increase spending?

 

First sentence?

 

The presumptive new Republican chairman of the House Armed Services committee, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), has announced that he will push for an increase in defense spending.

 

I'm sort of liking this new GOP controlled house. Now instead of whining about deficits they can actually do stuff about it ... like increase spending while cutting taxes.

 

Awesome.

[MDC 7,431]

military spending is a necessary evil, I wouldn't put it in the same pork barrel as the BS spending that's been going on

 

This is exactly why the GOP's "fiscal responsibility" line is a load of bull. They insist we need to balance the budget ... then say that the military, SSI and Medicare are off limits, AND we're going to cut taxes.

 

I guess Palin is going to sh1t golden eggs to pay for it?

[GettnHuge 2]

military spending is a necessary evil, I wouldn't put it in the same pork barrel as the BS spending that's been going on

 

explosion ready jobs!

[TimmySmith 2,782]

First sentence?

You either need a reading lesson or an understanding lesson.

[Mungwater 597]

This is exactly why the GOP's "fiscal responsibility" line is a load of bull. They insist we need to balance the budget ... then say that the military, SSI and Medicare are off limits, AND we're going to cut taxes.

 

I guess Palin is going to sh1t golden eggs to pay for it?

 

Any politician talking about fiscal responsibility is a line of bull

[itsbigmoni 1]

Its ridiculous how much we spend on defense. I wish politicians would have the balls to reduce defense spending.

[MDC 7,431]

Any politician talking about fiscal responsibility is a line of bull

 

Agreed. It's just hilarious to me that these FFT rubes think the party that gave them $6 trillion in debt and two wars is going to balance the budget.

 

[Mike Honcho 5,283]

The American Conservative

 

 

 

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Awesome, I think it's a joke that we only spend 50 cents for every dollar world wide on defense...and CHINA is spending 1/12 what we are spending, we need to increase spending to knock that down to 1/20!

[PackYourNut 47]

Awesome, I think it's a joke that we only spend 50 cents for every dollar world wide on defense...and CHINA is spending 1/12 what we are spending, we need to increase spending to knock that down to 1/20!

 

Oh God, don't confuse everyone with math! :lol:

[Mungwater 597]

Its ridiculous how much we spend on defense. I wish politicians would have the balls to reduce defense spending.

 

as long as we spend more on defense than any social program, it's a-ok in my book

[mobb_deep 920]

as long as we spend more on defense than any social program, it's a-ok in my book

 

 

We can't worry about the health and well being of our fellow American's, when we have religious wacko's flying big planes into buildings. We need to show them how many bombs we can build, so they'll fly smaller planes into buildings. Hopefully enough poor Americans will die of curable illnesses to offset the population increase, caused as a result of only small planes flying into buildings.

[IMMensaMind 462]

Awesome, I think it's a joke that we only spend 50 cents for every dollar world wide on defense...and CHINA is spending 1/12 what we are spending, we need to increase spending to knock that down to 1/20!

 

Um...that's not exactly a fair comparison, or in consideration of the realities of this world. First, China relies on its numbers. Second, building a missile in China costs about $3.75. Third, it is widely known that we are the world's police, most of which is some combination of too cowardly, complicit in the troubles, or not logistically able to defend the cause of freedom in the world like we are. Fourth - and most importantly - we are aware that the rest of the world is a much larger threat to us than the reverse.

 

I think that staying cutting edge on defensive/offensive weaponry is extremely expensive, but extremely important - particularly in this day and age. Without a very good threat assessment, the opinions about what we need militarily from posters in this thread sound like the equivalent of a '60's flower child just commanding us to "love one another", as though that has any place in the arena of global conflict.

 

No, ignoring threats will not them disappear. You have history to teach you that; ask Neville Chamberlain. Our Military, and providing for our Defense, is a Constitutionally enumerated power, and Government's most important responsibility. Our military budget is not what makes us fiscally precarious: all the other crap is.

[itsbigmoni 1]

Awesome, I think it's a joke that we only spend 50 cents for every dollar world wide on defense...and CHINA is spending 1/12 what we are spending, we need to increase spending to knock that down to 1/20!

 

We can't let the rest of the world combined spend as much as we do. We need to spend more more more.

[Greedo 13]

The other option would be to surrender to them terrorists. No way I say!

 

Where's the moral indignation at increased spending recommendations?

 

Overreacting and lying by the lefty posters certainly didn't take long either.

 

How'd you do on the reading comprehension section of the SATs?

 

military spending is a necessary evil, I wouldn't put it in the same pork barrel as the BS spending that's been going on

 

Everyone's got their own opinion of what's pork.

[Voltaire 5,316]

military spending is a necessary evil, I wouldn't put it in the same pork barrel as the BS spending that's been going on

 

No it's not it is unnecessary and there's tons and tons of pork deep fried in lard to be found in military contracting.

[Voltaire 5,316]

I don't pretend to give a fock about welfare recipients or the morons who paid more for their houses than they can afford because I don't. Still, if we're going looking for places to save money, I'd rather pretend to have a shred of compassion for them than bribe warlords so that way overpaid contractors can build halfass hospitals and schools in Afghanistan that are unservicable and the locals don't want.

 

Of course, that's just me...

[Gepetto 1,368]

Here is what our federal governments priorities on spending should be:

 

1. Military/Defense $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

2. Education $$$

 

3. Landscaping in Washington D.C. around the White House, etc. $

 

The end.

[Voltaire 5,316]

Here is what our federal governments priorities on spending should be:

 

1. Military/Defense $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

2. Education $$$

 

3. Landscaping in Washington D.C. around the White House, etc. $

 

The end.

 

And what do we do with all that taxpayer money flushed down the military toilet? Invade Iraq again? Be ready in case Djibouti decides to invade us? More acting as police to an ungrateful world?

 

There has to be a point doesn't there?

[Mungwater 597]

And what do we do with all that taxpayer money flushed down the military toilet? Invade Iraq again? Be ready in case Djibouti decides to invade us? More acting as police to an ungrateful world?

 

There has to be a point doesn't there?

 

we already have the largest base in the world in dijibouti. Our next hot spot will be Iran and azerbijian..

[Gepetto 1,368]

And what do we do with all that taxpayer money flushed down the military toilet? Invade Iraq again? Be ready in case Djibouti decides to invade us? More acting as police to an ungrateful world?

 

There has to be a point doesn't there?

 

You have a point. But, I enjoy my freedom very much and don't want to take any chances. Money shmoney. Plus, we're making all kinds of kick azz hypersonic spacecraft at Area 51.