military spending

"The $696 billion bill, which sets up the military’s 2018 fiscal year budget, passed by a vote of 344-81." "The surprising section calls global warming “a direct threat to the national security” and instructs the Pentagon to create a report on how climate change could affect the military. It...

Interestingly, at the same time we are talking about cutting back on public transportation funding, a giant new $80 billion contract with Northop has been struck to build lots of brand new stealth bombers. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-air-force-contract-stealth-bomber-20151027-story.html...

over the next decade. Is this necessary or fiscally responsible?

How the American taxpayer got plucked in Iraq The title says all, and while some will probably attack the source, the article gives too many concrete examples of maladministration to be discarded that easily. The article continues to describe the processing of the 25 chickens in detail. The...

Tea party to GOP: Don't spare Pentagon from budget ax Sounds good to me.

Listening to a Talk Of The Nation discussion yesterday on the proposed across-the-board cuts in government spending, and talk got down to the military. It was the opinion that military spending was a prime area for budget reduction, but how to proceed with two wars being fought and increasing...

All because they hate tey gheys wearing fabulous uniforms...:rolleyes: I'm back! :D http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grHLcTA5VMaxM1KPtvrf3OTOfZuQD9ICK7K00

How much money would we save if we ended our Cold War commitments in Germany and Japan? I have to assume we soend billions to keep all of our soldiers in these two countries. And since there is NEVER going to be a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, I think its safe to say we can...

How big is the U.S. Dept of Defense's budget ?

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/americas/US-Warns-Venezuela-on-Weapons-Purchase-89947007.html More wartoys for Hugo. do they need it? what are your thoughts?

This is encouraging The Pentagon itself is advising the incoming president to cut the various white elephants. Who woulda thunk it?

It isn't often I agree with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, but I have a hard time disagreeing with his basic position here, in terms of where the DoD ought to be spending tax dollars on fulfilling the Air Force tanker requirement. IMO, at home, to both preserve the industrial base and to keep...

How can such a country claim to be a pacific nation? (*) Rank Country Spending ($b.) 1 United States 528.7 2 United Kingdom 59.2 3 France 53.1 4 People's Republic of China 49.5 5 Japan 43.7 6 Germany 37.0 7 Russia 34.7 8 Italy 29.9 9 Saudi Arabia 29.0 10 India 23.9...

Some of the war discussions made me wonder about how our taxes (in the US) are spent. I tried Googling for budget statistics and this was the only understandable thing I found. For many years now, welfare has been one of the big things that conservatives complain about, but what does it...