Four Budget Practices That Are Destroying America's Defenses -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
The United States has spent trillions of dollars since 9-11 sustaining and improving its military forces. As a result, the joint force today has unrivaled global reach and global power. However, that capability will gradually ebb away during the remainder of this decade if current budget practices in Washington persist — even though America will continue to spend more on defense than the dozen next-biggest military powers combined.
Many members of Congress do not understand this. They know measures such as budget sequestration will force the Pentagon to tighten its belt, but they fail to grasp the cascading effects of distortions that have now become routine in the budgeting process. With that in mind, I would like to radically simplify the arcane budget debate currently unfolding on Capitol Hill to explain how Congress is unwittingly destroying the greatest military force in history. When you strip away the details, four factors will cause most of the damage.
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My Comment: National security is no longer the red-hot bottom issue that it was once .... hence the lack of focus and concern from politicians on the defense budgets.
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