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Originally Posted by WarMachine I'm currently researching this topic and i'm really concerned about the levels of spending on defense that the bush administration has developed over the years. Because we're rebuilding Iraq the cost will be over 430 billion total this year. That's half of the budget of the USA. | The Current defense budget is about 4% of the GDP. To date we've spent about $250Mil on Iraq if I remember correctly and we're expected to spend another $120 for both Iraq and Afghanistan this year. Quote:
I for one would like to see a reduction in military spending down to roughly 200 billion which is more sustainable. All that's necessary is to stop spending money on new useless weapon systems and reduce the number of troops. Those two categories are inflating the cost and i'm tired of having to worry about civilian services always being cut to satisfy the Pentagon's appetite.
We'll still be a superpower and we'll still have the best military, so what's wrong with cutting defense spending a little bit?
| Who is going to decide what is useless? Maybe we should just scrap R&D altogether! We'll keep what we have and carry it into the next century. Cut troops, huh? Good idea, especially in the middle of a war with deployment rotations already reaching three and four. Ignorant comments like this chap my butt sometimes.  The Defense budget is hurting civilian services, which ones?
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Last edited by PJ24; May 18th, 2006 at 17:42.
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