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Do we overpay the members of our armed services?

By / Leave a Comment / 7 February 2016

Summary:  As the vise tightens on government spending, even DoD will feel the pressure.  History suggests that DoD’s leaders will consider military pay and benefits as high on the list of expenses to cut.  A recent think-tanks hints as much.   Mackenzie Eaglen wrote a major paper for the Heritage Foundation: “U.S. Defense Spending: The Mismatch …

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Will conservatives help cut Federal spending?

By / Leave a Comment / 15 November 2014

Summary:  Will the people on the right, aflame with deficit-cutting fervor, cut the 25 – 30%  of the government’s budget spent on defense (DoD, nukes, vets, pensions, foreign intelligence)?  Without doing so it’s unlikely the budget can be balanced, esp when interest rates normalize (easily doubling interest costs to 12% of the budget).   Some say …

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