How our military has already been cut since 1990

Army Brigades in 1990, 76. Today 45
Navy Ships in 1990, 546. Today 288
USAF Fighter Squadrons in 1990, 82. Today 39
Strategic Bombers in 1990, 360. Today 154.

We are a much weaker military nation by half than what we were just 20 years ago but people still complain that we spend too much.

Good.... Cut more...

About 20-25% ought to be a good place to start.

We've got that "well regulated militia" to protect us.

You guys have no clue why our nation has been so safe and our militray the envy of the world. Thank God we don't have idiots like you guys running this nation.

We still spend a bigger percentage of our GNP on the military than most countries. I thnk we just need to get smarter about what we spend, less billion dollar planes, more drones. Less carriers, more guided missile cruisers. Less men in uniform, more tech and special forces to fight the new asymetrical warfare. Do we really need so many heavy armor divisions still?

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Guided missile carriers?

SS109 wrote: We still spend a bigger percentage of our GNP on the military than most countries. I thnk we just need to get smarter about what we spend, less billion dollar planes, more drones. Less carriers, more guided missile carriers. Less men in uniform, more tech.

Want a fun one?

At a time when we are trying to cut our spending and Obama is threatening that they can't pay SS checks and Medicare may need to be cut he raised our donation to the UN by 38%


President Donates $100 Billion to the United Nations

The U. S. State Department yesterday announced that the Obama Administration has agreed to contribute $4 billion to the United Nations Global Fund to fight AIDs, Tuberculosis, and Malaria from 2011 to 2013.

The $4 billion represents a 38% increase over the previous U.S. commitment to the fund.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a total of $11.7 billion has been raised from 40 countries, the European Commission, faith-based organizations, private foundations, and various corporations.

This means that over one-third of the money will come from the pockets of US taxpayers.
Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and the United Arab Emirates contribute next to nothing, and China, which holds most of the US $14 trillion debt, agreed to provide a measly $14 million.

In addition to the annual gift of $1.33 billion to the Global Fund, President Obama has agreed to provide billions more for UN projects.

These allocations are set forth in a 28 page document as follows:
Funnel $63 billion to the Global Health Initiative during the next six years
Make $1 billion annually to education programs
Give $475 million to the Global Agricultural and Food Security Program’
Provide $800 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa. An additional $3.2 billion will be provided by private equity capital sources to these Muslim nations
Shell out millions more available through USAID for developing tech hubs in Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, and Senegal.
Dole out $80 million through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for small to medium enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa.
Cough up $2.5 billion annually to 90 countries to “strengthen governance and democratic institutions.”
Make available $30 billion through the Obama’s Climate Change Initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, $100 billion a year will be provided through taxpayer and private resources to deal with the alleged threat of global climate change.


The United States is assessed at 22% of the U.N. regular budget and more than 27% for U.N. the peacekeeping budget. Mr. Obama has requested $516.3 million for the U.N. regular budget and more than $2.182 billion for the peacekeeping budget for 2011.

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Personally, I'd rather spend money on fighting AIDS, malaria and Tuberculosis in the world than overspending by many times on defense. The entire defense budget is bloated with all sorts of excess military spending.

We're not the envy of the world. We're the laughing stock because we spend so much on our military and so little on our citizens.

WayneH wrote: We're not the envy of the world. We're the laughing stock because we spend so much on our military and so little on our citizens.

So true Wayne........why American citizens seem to be so unimportant to many of our elected officials has always baffled me....until this message board, then I saw that same thinking among our neighbors and decided that the government is just a reflection of our own citizen's priorities. People are at the bottom of the list.....defense & corporations .....are at the top. How warped is that?

archer wrote:

WayneH wrote: We're not the envy of the world. We're the laughing stock because we spend so much on our military and so little on our citizens.

So true Wayne........why American citizens seem to be so unimportant to many of our elected officials has always baffled me....until this message board, then I saw that same thinking among our neighbors and decided that the government is just a reflection of our own citizen's priorities. People are at the bottom of the list.....defense & corporations .....are at the top. How warped is that?

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