According to Defense News, President Obama wants to “cut” defense spending by $400 billion by 2023. There are two things wrong with this, and neither one has anything to do with actually cutting the bloated defense budget. 1. The only cut is in the rate of growth: “The goal will be to hold growth in the defense base budget below inflation, which would save $400 billion by 2023.” 2. Politicians always talk in terms of other years after the next fiscal year because they want to make their numbers look bigger. It is ludicrous for Obama or anyone else to talk about anything that will … Continue reading Defense Budget ‘Cuts’