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President Trump has proposed a $54 billion increase in defense spending, which he said would be "one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."
Past administrations have increased military spending, but typically to fulfil a specific mission. Jimmy Carter expanded operations in the Persian Gulf. Ronald Reagan pursued an arms race with the Soviet Union, and George W. Bush waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mr. Trump has not articulated a new mission that would require a military spending increase. This has left analysts wondering what goals he has in mind. Erin M. Simpson, a national security consultant, called Mr. Trump's plans "a budget in search of a strategy."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/22/us/is-americas-military-big-enough.html
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What do you think about the proposed increase in military spending ? Does USA really need more weapons ?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Snotnose on Friday March 24 2017, @11:52PM (12 children)
NASA? 3 F35s. HHS? 2 F35s. Planned parenthood? 0.1 F35.
Pulled the numbers out of my ass but you get the idea. If the media can say 150 meters is almost 2 football fields then we can certainly say program x is y number of F35s.
Me? I'd cut the defense budget by 25% and the NSA budget by 50%. Then go from there.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:02AM (11 children)
Holy shit, this snotnosed motherfucker sure hates our freedoms! How dare you suggest cutting the defense budget of the United States, God's greatest nation and the only reason the world hasn't spiraled down the drain (ahead of schedule1)! And cutting the NSA budget in half is like throwing acid into both of your eyes — Ow! It's like you want the terrorists to win! You must be one of them homegrown terrorists!
[1] [wikipedia.org]
Ok, fulfilled my politics nexus duty for the day.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:06AM (10 children)
Well, what else would the civilized world do for sport after taking the kid-gloves off and forcing all Muslims to renounce Allah and be marched through the streets being pelted with bacon or meet their maker by the barrel of a gun?
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:11AM
Shitpost. Shitpost on *chan, Plebbit, SoylentNews, Breitbart, the Washington Post, random web forums, IRC, C-SPAN, radio call-in programs, your city council meeting, and all public spaces.
In fact, forget the posting.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:17AM (8 children)
Or taking away all their goats... Or arming the goats.
Aside: why does Google auto correct goats to boats? WTF?
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:39AM (7 children)
Whoa, whoa, I'm not advocating cruel and unusual punishment here. Taking away a Muslim man's goats is like taking away a diabetic's insulin.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:52AM
Well, I've never seen a diabetic fucking their insulin, but what do I know.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday March 25 2017, @01:40AM (5 children)
More like taking away the needle needed to inject the insulin.
Years ago I had a diabetic cat. Turned out I could buy the insulin without a prescription, but I needed a prescription for the needles used to inject her. When she died I had something like 75 needles left. Tried to give them to the vet, but the package was opened so she couldn't take them. Didn't know any junkies, so I ended up throwing something like $50 worth of perfectly good needles into the trash.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2017, @01:44AM
You could have melted them into a steel ingot in your foundry.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Saturday March 25 2017, @02:06AM (1 child)
(Score: 1) by anubi on Saturday March 25 2017, @05:35AM
What a waste.
My neighbor worked for a while as electronic maintenance at a local hospital - he had a garage-full of discards of perfectly good stuff like guerneys, wheelchairs, various equipment carts, and diagnostic equipment which he intended one day to load in a trailer and haul the whole shebang to Mexico. He gave me several useful items, including an ultrasonic heating assembly which I found very useful for sore muscles.
They had a budget they had to spend, and they did.
They knew if they weren't perpetually in debt, the government might cut back on the increases.
So, everybody was spending money. Lots of money. Out of someone else's pocket.
And the people did not complain too much about overwhelming costs because they are led to believe "it's covered!".
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2017, @02:58AM
I had a cat, too. It wasn't diabetic but it was a nice cat.
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Saturday March 25 2017, @10:03AM
Well, that shoots one recent theory out of the water… I discovered 6 months ago that in a current prescription is required for sterile electrolyte fluids like Lactated Ringers Solution nationwide, but that most states don't have that requirement for buying venoset tubing or needles of any size. I'd figured that the prescription requirement for fluids was primarily just so people would seek vet care before treating their pets — but if that doesn't apply to the purchase of insulin, obviously my theory was wrong.