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Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by josho on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:35PM (#12322315)
Yeh, I've heard this argument before. If you analyze it, you'll realize it's BS.

You can reduce spending without creating a power vacuum. E.g. reducing the budget by 10% isn't going to create a power vacuum nor shock its allies.

The reality is that their is no political will to start reducing spending on the military, nor is their desire by its civilians to do so. The question is why?

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Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by Thriptic on Friday August 19, 2016 @03:09PM (#12322663)
The average person probably wouldn't benefit from cuts that much while a minority of people would be deeply negatively affected. You can bet that minority of people is going to be calling their representatives whereas the average citizen won't care either way.
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