Everyone in Washington is running around crying sequester, when
automatic defense cuts are supposed to kick in Jan 1, 2013, and cut
hundreds of billions in defense spending, screaming: "Oh my! The sky
will certainly fall!"
I have four words for them: Relax: No, it won't.
And as if to prove my point, the military is so flush The Army's hiring $90,000 a year acupuncturists to treat its troops. Times clearly ain't so tough.
Here's the thing, the US defense budget has nearly doubled since 2000, from $350 billion to about $690 billion, and yet politicians are short on excuses for why we can't trim a mere $50 billion annually.
Instead of anything concrete or specific, we hear obscure, borderline Orwellian, slogans like we have to "support our troops" or it will be "catastrophic to national security."
Yet somehow, acupuncturists, battlefield trained acupuncturists, are essential to "national security."
I have four words for them: Relax: No, it won't.
And as if to prove my point, the military is so flush The Army's hiring $90,000 a year acupuncturists to treat its troops. Times clearly ain't so tough.
Here's the thing, the US defense budget has nearly doubled since 2000, from $350 billion to about $690 billion, and yet politicians are short on excuses for why we can't trim a mere $50 billion annually.
Instead of anything concrete or specific, we hear obscure, borderline Orwellian, slogans like we have to "support our troops" or it will be "catastrophic to national security."
Yet somehow, acupuncturists, battlefield trained acupuncturists, are essential to "national security."
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