On some issues, there is a serious disconnect between candidates for public office and the public they are hoping to represent.
Take the case of Mitt Romney and military spending.
For some time now, the Republican presidential candidate has been an avid proponent of a vast U.S. military buildup. Last October, in a speech at the Citadel, he promised that he would never "wave the white flag of surrender" but, rather, devote himself to creating "an American Century." This would be secured, he explained, by a hefty increase in U.S. armaments. In terms of U.S. warships alone, he promised to raise annual production by 67 percent. Attacking President Barack Obama for what he claimed was military weakness, Romney called for increasing the U.S. military budget, in fiscal 2013, by 17 percent. Indeed, he has proposed raising U.S. military spending by as much as $2 trillion over the next decade.
This military obsession comes at a curious time. After all, the U.S. military budget -- currently standing at $648.6 billion -- has risen dramatically over the last thirteen years and is the largest in U.S. history. Currently, U.S. military spending constitutes nearly as much money as the military spending of all other countries combined. Furthermore, in the context of severe budget cutting by Congress, popular domestic social programs are being sacrificed to support the U.S. military budget -- so much so that it currently consumes more than half of the U.S. government's discretionary spending.
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How is Romney going to cut our debt when he wants to add TWO TRILLION DOLLARS to existing defense spending? Where is that money going to come from?
ReplyDeleteJust more proof Republicans don't care about the debt, just cutting off help for those they don't like. Oil companies will still get their handouts, just not starving mothers with kids under Romney's plan.
starving mothers and kids? wheres the father of those starving moth ers and kids? I guess im supposed to take my hard earned paycheck and pay for some come dumpster and her children because she was loose in her ways right anon 10:49
ReplyDelete1049-I guess Obamas plan is to have the most Americans in history on food stamps. Highest percentage of "poor" Americans in 50 years. Hell of a plan there.
ReplyDeleteYou people are so wrapped up with the SMALL picture. BOTH candiates serve their rich cronies, just in different ways. They BOTH sell out the people to enrich their friends while telling you how much they care. Lap it up. Our national defense is more powerful than the next 15 countries COMBINED. The ONLY nations that will even CONSIDER starting a fight with us are third world prehistoric stone age disasters. Iran? LOL. China? They wouldn't dare. Russia? They are even sure if their weapons STILL WORK. North Korea? Another joke. STOP falling for the military-industrial mind games, the newest and baddest "boogeyman", or the "terrorism" BS. You're in a room full of cobras and are worried about the misquito buzzing in your ear....
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