Originally Posted by
Systemized
The conversation is about EAS spending. $300 million spent annually is tiny when looking at the $600+ billion annual budget deficit.
We are spending 5% GDP on DOD with a 3% deficit. Germany is spending 2% on DOD and has a budget surplus. DOD is the leading factor to our budget deficit in this country, it's no secret. Social security is second to DOD.
The little areas add up but will never fully balance the budget without going after the biggest budget items.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52142
When I look at my budget and notice that 2% of my budget deficit is being wasted, I'm going to cut that out as part of the process to balance my budget. It makes absolutely no sense to keep wasting that 2% and find another 100% of my overspending to cut! It makes perfect sense to cut the 2% and find another 98% of what I'm overspending on.
And like I said, I'm all for cutting 10% on EVERYTHING and then going in and COMPLETELY illuminating waste. And after all said and done, we are under budget, divy up that among things like the DoD and other administration priorities.
This all makes sense unless there is some other hidden agenda.