The Politics Behind Cutting The U.S. Defense Budget -- A Commentary

RAPTOR PITCH - An F-22 Raptor pitches out for landing while an F-15 Eagle flies the approach at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 16, 2010. The aircraft crews are assigned to the Air Force Weapons School, 433 Weapons Squadron, at Nellis. The school offers graduate-level courses that provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald

Unkindest Cuts -- IBD Editorial

Defense: It was inevitable: The $13 trillion debt this Congress and White House helped run up has imperiled defense spending in an age of continued terrorism.

The New York Times reported last week that thanks in large part to "big budget deficits," the Defense Department is under "intensifying political and economic pressures to restrain its budget, setting up the first serious debate since the terrorist attacks of 2001 about the size and cost of the armed services." The House and Senate are considering cuts.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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My Comment: What is my opinion .... the Defense Department is a part of the government, and like the government it has access to tremendous amounts of monies and resources. For as long as I can remember, both institutions have always run up deficits and expenses that cannot be met with current inflows of revenues .... and their solution to all of this has always been to continue taxing and finding new ways to grab our money.

I expect the same to continue in the next Congress .... even if the Democrats are thrown out and the Republicans take over the various committees that determine these policies.