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January 08, 2013 08:57 AM UTC
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Our total defense spending needs to be cut substantially. The levels of fraud, waste, and abuse dwarf levels in any other program – including Medicare and Medicaid. Just as a small example, while in Afghanistan I inventoried a container that no one had opened in years – and no one knew what was in it. The contents included about 40,000 Ty Beanie Babies along with children’s rubber boots – which couldn’t be given out because they were made in Pakistan.
Four ways to cut:
First, kill the F-35 program immediately. We don’t need it, and can’t afford it – the most expensive weapons program in history.
Second, cut by one-third the number of officers in grades O-4 and above, and senior enlisteds in grades E-7 and above. While we’re at it, cut the number of generals and admirals – of which we have almost 1,000 – by half.
Third, cut programs like the so-called XM-25 “Punisher.” The only people that want it are the ones either building and selling it or the ones program managing it. Updating M-1 tanks and C-130 planes should also stop – the Pentagon itself has said they’re wasteful programs.
Finally, close many of the bases we have overseas, and think more strategically about where we need to be, and in what strength.
We are in the rare position of being able to substantially reduce our total spending on defense while making us more secure – and we need to take advantage of the opportunity.
Thanks for sharing them.
That is $48.7 billion per year, which would bring us to a point still far above 2001 levels.
We were stronger than the top 20 nations in the world – combined – in defense spending back then; now we’re stronger than pretty much everyone else in the world combined. Quite simply we don’t need that.
Pentagon spending is still horribly wasteful. A sensible Pentagon budget would remove earmarked programs and allow the Pentagon – with open bidding processes attracting multiple bidders – to determine which programs it still needs. We also need something to reign in cost overruns on bids.