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Old 10-18-2013, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
7.5% from the military is $50B.

The current budget is $3T.


See the problem here?
Absolutely. Even a "reasonable" cut with negligible effects is an unrealistic expectation. What's needed will never happen. We can't even "start somewhere."
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