Should U.S. bolster its defense budget?

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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/24/howard-mckeon-sdmac-defense-budget-isis-spending/



Should U.S. bolster its defense budget?
Jeanette Steele
8:35 a.m.Sept. 24, 2014

The expanded U.S. military campaign against the jihadist group Islamic State gives a new incentive to protect America’s defense budget — even in a time of tightened purse strings, one of the country’s most powerful voices on the issue said Tuesday in Point Loma.

Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, was the keynote speaker at a luncheon to release the San Diego Military Advisory Council’s annual report on the economic value of the region’s military and defense sectors.

Amid sustained debate about sequestration cuts and other ways to shrink the federal budget, he said continuing curtailment of defense spending would be “like running into a brick wall.”

McKeon cited a variety of U.S. security challenges around the world. “Dealing with so much so fast is like trying to catch ball bearings with a garden rake,” he said. “Our best defense against all of the bedlam out there is a strong military.”

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When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.



You assholes already 'own' 57% of the discretionary budget!!!