Yes, we spend FAR too much on defense. More than the next 10 countries COMBINED!!
And yet, An intelligent, thoughtful analysis might have included the "non-discretionary" spending. I wish there was a similar clause protecting the majority of my income, rendering it untouchable from those thieves in Mordor, DC.
I worked with government contractors my entire professional career. While they are commercial entities, they take on the complexion of their customer. The end result: a massive jobs program of mind blowing inefficiency. So yes, DOGE was doomed to fail - just as all other attempts at reform before it. It will end only when fake money ends.
As is all government agencies, it is a revolving door for those at the upper echelons. Happens at the Presidential level as well. Poor ol' Obama that never made more than $200k a year as President now owns a home on Martha's Vineyard worth $15m. Wonder how that happened? Opacity is crucial for all so the corruption remains hidden. Power and Money - Money and Power. For the elites - it is the way forward. It is just us dumb/ignore peons/minions that "don't get it!"
Saying it was doomed makes it sound as though it was a failure. It was a roaring success and did exactly as intended. Two things it was designed to do: 1. Create theater and spectacle to reve up the MAGA base (success). 2. Downgrade or eliminate programs that Trump and his "friends" didn't like (success). If one were under the impression that the purpose of DOGE was tax reduction for the working class and deficit reduction, well, in that case, one would have just been bamboozled because that never was the purpose. Never underestimate the nativity of the American people. Similarly, vast numbers on the left believed Obama when he told them the Heritage Foundation's Unhealthy Care Plan (better known as Obamacare) was designed to improve the US healthcare payer system when its clear purpose was further enrichment of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Another program that is working as designed but not as it was sold to his loyal and undying fan club -- yet to this day they still believe.
Come on man. Defense spending has remained 4-6% of GDP and had been cut under both Obama and Biden. Non-defense spending has skyrocketed to over 20% of GDP. And the same cretins that make this demand we need to cut defense are those that enabled China as our new global adversary that is growing its military for global domination.
Unfortunately, Russia, China, and a growing list of others are developing their defensive capabilities to keep the U.S. at bay. Iran will shortly have a nuclear bomb to fend off the recent aggression by the U.S. and Israel. And other nations will follow suit. Have a nuclear bomb - the U.S. leaves you alone. Simple.......and makes sense.
As pj orourke say giving power and money to government is like giving a 16 year old a bottle of whiskey and car keys.
Yes, we spend FAR too much on defense. More than the next 10 countries COMBINED!!
And yet, An intelligent, thoughtful analysis might have included the "non-discretionary" spending. I wish there was a similar clause protecting the majority of my income, rendering it untouchable from those thieves in Mordor, DC.
I worked with government contractors my entire professional career. While they are commercial entities, they take on the complexion of their customer. The end result: a massive jobs program of mind blowing inefficiency. So yes, DOGE was doomed to fail - just as all other attempts at reform before it. It will end only when fake money ends.
As is all government agencies, it is a revolving door for those at the upper echelons. Happens at the Presidential level as well. Poor ol' Obama that never made more than $200k a year as President now owns a home on Martha's Vineyard worth $15m. Wonder how that happened? Opacity is crucial for all so the corruption remains hidden. Power and Money - Money and Power. For the elites - it is the way forward. It is just us dumb/ignore peons/minions that "don't get it!"
Saying it was doomed makes it sound as though it was a failure. It was a roaring success and did exactly as intended. Two things it was designed to do: 1. Create theater and spectacle to reve up the MAGA base (success). 2. Downgrade or eliminate programs that Trump and his "friends" didn't like (success). If one were under the impression that the purpose of DOGE was tax reduction for the working class and deficit reduction, well, in that case, one would have just been bamboozled because that never was the purpose. Never underestimate the nativity of the American people. Similarly, vast numbers on the left believed Obama when he told them the Heritage Foundation's Unhealthy Care Plan (better known as Obamacare) was designed to improve the US healthcare payer system when its clear purpose was further enrichment of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Another program that is working as designed but not as it was sold to his loyal and undying fan club -- yet to this day they still believe.
Come on man. Defense spending has remained 4-6% of GDP and had been cut under both Obama and Biden. Non-defense spending has skyrocketed to over 20% of GDP. And the same cretins that make this demand we need to cut defense are those that enabled China as our new global adversary that is growing its military for global domination.
Unfortunately, Russia, China, and a growing list of others are developing their defensive capabilities to keep the U.S. at bay. Iran will shortly have a nuclear bomb to fend off the recent aggression by the U.S. and Israel. And other nations will follow suit. Have a nuclear bomb - the U.S. leaves you alone. Simple.......and makes sense.