[SHpuntik]

Here we are in a deep recession and public spending is out of control. Politicians can't agree on how to balance the budget, yet for some reason nobody ever even discusses slashing military spending. I would think at least the democrats would get behind this in a big way but this seems to be a universally accepted sacred cow in Washington.

Why is that? Slash defense spending in half, the average joe will not notice the difference in their lives one iota. Obviously we should support our troops, but lets have less of them to support. We don't need stealth planes at a billion dollars per unit and all the foreign military bases and camapaigns we're in. The US needs to start pulling out abroad, I don't understand why we're so concerned with policing the world when we have this huge mess at home.