Incoming Senate Leader Wants $75B for War-Worn Forces

[ECH1969]

When U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the incoming Senate majority leader, said he wants to boost defense spending by $75 billion to rebuild the war-worn U.S. Army, his announcement raised some key budget questions but provided few answers, defense analysts said.

First is, when is the money coming? “We don’t know yet, we have a number of options,” said Reid’s spokesman, Jim Manley.
Reid, D-Nev., said adding $75 billion to the defense budget will be one of the first things the Democrat-controlled Congress does when it reconvenes in January.

In a television interview, Reid said, “We need to revitalize our military. They are in a state of distress.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2363866&C=america

[Greeby]

1. How about this

Embrace the Progressive Caucus plan to cut all this overpriced outdated Cold War boondoggles out of the military budget, then there'd be plenty of money for what you're suggesting

[stepnw1f]

2. Then Can We Stop Financing the "Military Industrial Complex"

This sounds like a very responsible thing to do, but can we the "TAX PAYERS" get an idea of how much and for how long? Not to mention all the human life being wasted.....?

Oh... and tell the Military Industrial Complex know for me that.....

THEY NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT MARKET!!!!!!!

[wakeme2008]

3. You can save by killing the useless F-22

That will save a ton.

[blm]

5. also by eliminating suitcase nukes and Star Wars.

Kerry intended cutting out both of those evil programs.

[BootinUp]

4. Reid is right, It needs to be done.

Bush Cheney and Rumsfeld have devastated the military.

[natrat]

6. how about flip all the war profiteers and shake their pockets

[OneBlueSky]

7. stop paying contractors in one day what soldiers earn in a month . . .

to do the very same jobs that the soldiers used to do . . . this war has been a limitless ATM for certain corporations with strong connections to BushCo . . . the absolute depths of corporate and government depravity, imo . . .

[Nevernose]

8. Can y'all see the negative campaign ads?

"Joe Democrat voted to CUT spending on this very important military boondoggle ... Larry Republican loves America, and would never do such a thing."

Reality apparently plays such a small role in politics, I can only wonder what wlll become of this...

[The Roux Comes First]

9. Getting off the "Privitization" snide might be enough

all by itself to offset this cost, at least as Cheney/Rummie and the chimp they came in with have mis-managed "privitization."