Congress

Here's my starting point:




The military consumes 57% of the same budget that we use for stuff like, Labor, Food Stamps, etc. etc. etc.

The military continues to spend big bucks. Some examples:

* new $5+ billion dollar stealth destroyers (3 total)
* $7+ billion dollar submarines (one a year)
* a new $40 billion dollar aircraft carrier
* 100 new bombers for $81 billion dollars (new RFP)
* and my personal favorite, the $243 million dollar F-35

Since the military did not get funding for new scout helicopters, they decided to ground the Koiwa fleet and use Apaches and Blackhawks instead. (Blackhawks are around $45~$50 million dollars each; Apaches cost more.)

Northrup Grumman just announced a new drone, the RQ-180 to replace our $244 million dollar Global Hawk drones. ( I'll bet you a buck these will be more expensive than the drones they are going to replace.)

To sum it up, the military construction program is cranking up.

I would prefer that the military gets cut to around $450~5000 billion dollars with the understanding that veterans care has first priority. Period.