Posted on Jun 22, 2020
Time to 'Reinvest in People' and 'Cut Weapons of War': Barbara Lee Unveils Plan to Cut Up to $350...
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(Wow) Time to 'Reinvest in People' and 'Cut Weapons of War': Barbara Lee Unveils Plan to Cut Up to $350 Billion From Pentagon:
$68 billion by eliminating the Overseas Contingency Operations account;
$90 billion by shuttering 60% of U.S. military bases overseas;
$66 billion by ending funding for ongoing U.S. wars;
$57.9 billion by eliminating "obsolete, excessive, and dangerous" weapons;
$38 billion by cutting military overhead by 15%;
$26 billion by slashing private service contracting by 15%;
$2.6 billion by dashing Trump's Space Force proposal;
$18 billion by "ending use-it-or-lose-it contract spending";
$6 billion by freezing operations and maintenance budgets; and
$23 billion by cutting U.S. presence in Afghanistan in half.
$68 billion by eliminating the Overseas Contingency Operations account;
$90 billion by shuttering 60% of U.S. military bases overseas;
$66 billion by ending funding for ongoing U.S. wars;
$57.9 billion by eliminating "obsolete, excessive, and dangerous" weapons;
$38 billion by cutting military overhead by 15%;
$26 billion by slashing private service contracting by 15%;
$2.6 billion by dashing Trump's Space Force proposal;
$18 billion by "ending use-it-or-lose-it contract spending";
$6 billion by freezing operations and maintenance budgets; and
$23 billion by cutting U.S. presence in Afghanistan in half.
Time to 'Reinvest in People' and 'Cut Weapons of War': Barbara Lee Unveils Plan to Cut Up to $350...
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There are some things in there I can get behind to get rid of in that list.
While we are at it, it would be nice if Congress would examine all of the federal budget, like they are supposed to.
Having said that, if we find things to cut, why must it be spent elsewhere at all? We just wrote debt off on a deficit that will approach $5 trillion this year. It seems to me that we should be looking for money to not spend.
While we are at it, it would be nice if Congress would examine all of the federal budget, like they are supposed to.
Having said that, if we find things to cut, why must it be spent elsewhere at all? We just wrote debt off on a deficit that will approach $5 trillion this year. It seems to me that we should be looking for money to not spend.
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