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6. My brother is the director of a large department at DoD

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 01:29 PM

Feb 2014

And ridiculously conservative, considering our true blue upbringing in Boston. He has readily admitted to me that his budget could be cut by 20% or more with no real harm to the core mission.

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A 25% Cut for the Pentagon? Key Dems Say Unnecessary Defense Spending Is Crippling the U.S. and Shou [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2014 OP

Okay, sounds good. How about a cut to upper class wealth while we are at it. Deep13 Feb 2014 #1

John McCain's head will absolutely explode...Oh my! monmouth3 Feb 2014 #2

When will the Pentagon be audit-ready? By 2017? DetlefK Feb 2014 #3

The problem is that the Pentagon can come up with cuts, but Congress will not approve them. MADem Feb 2014 #4

So why are 2 Calif lawmakers opposed to cuts FreakinDJ Feb 2014 #5

My brother is the director of a large department at DoD MANative Feb 2014 #6