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Only if China continues to buy our debt.. (Original Post) pbmus Aug 2018 OP
Right now others would step up and buy it exboyfil Aug 2018 #1
40% of military budget is waste safeinOhio Aug 2018 #2

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
1. Right now others would step up and buy it
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 04:26 PM
Aug 2018

At a high enough interest rate.

My feeling on this is that I am looking for a candidate that doesn't promise more spending, but one that talks about how to pay for the commitments we already have. They need to propose a new realigned military that spends 30-40% less than what is currently spent but is also given objectives that match that lowered spending level (other countries have to step up, we spend less on projecting power globally and focus in our hemisphere, recognize that countries will have their own spheres of influence).

safeinOhio

(32,713 posts)
2. 40% of military budget is waste
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 04:33 PM
Aug 2018

spend a few billion on accounting to find the waste. big industry would not like it.

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