Are budget interruptions a ‘catastrophe’ for military readiness? Hardly
Congress is holding a hearing Wednesday to hear how continuing resolutions have purportedly been a crisis for defense.
Congress is holding a hearing Wednesday to hear how continuing resolutions have purportedly been a crisis for defense.
Throwing more billions of dollars at the Pentagon (that it didn’t even ask for) won’t do anything to vaccinate the world from COVID-19.
Turns out the new administration had neither the interest or fortitude to oppose the usual suspects, passing a $777B bill this week.
The administration just nominated an industry insider to head the Pentagon’s troubled acquisitions department.
A new panel buried in the NDAA will likely be run by arms contractors, blobby think tankers, and pols who could care less about budget reform.
What would happen if we tied a tax to each budget hike? Don’t ask, it won’t happen.
A failed fourth audit for DOD in as many years might have some wondering whether its mantra should be ‘audits for thee, but not for me.’
There can’t be the slightest doubt: America worships its Pentagod and the weapons and wars that feed it.
This is an entitlement mindset — that military leaders are owed exorbitant increases each year regardless of the nation’s means.
But whether our leaders continue to succumb to the power of the arms lobby is an open question.
The Pentagon has made efforts to go green, but driving electric cars around bases isn’t going to cut it.
It seems like whenever these committees get together the bottom line goes up — but not far enough for the military hawks.
The Congressional Budget Office’s study should start a debate not on whether to make cuts at the Pentagon, but by how much.
The vaunted Obama-era BCA limits expire today. Sadly, they did nothing to rein in defense spending.
Many of those who opposed amendments to rein in DOD’s bloated coffers have been underwritten by the weapons industry.
They say adding $25 billion more than what Biden requested for the Pentagon ‘sends exactly the wrong message.’
The greased revolving door from the Pentagon to the weapons industry gives former officials easy access for influence peddling.
This would add to 750 existing American bases abroad, according to a new Quincy study hot off the presses today.
This is the week when Congress can get the scissors out — or not. Either way, the military budget is overdue for a makeover.
It’s as predictable as the sun rising and setting, but that doesn’t mean we have to accept the games that the Congress and Pentagon play.
If deterrence is synonymous with dominance, no amount of military spending will ever be enough.