Want to cut govenrment spending?

Want to shrink government?

Cut the biggest spender of money in the nation.

Cut the defense budget.

Folks, the military gets so much money in and from this nation, they can't even keep track of it all, literally.

To follow all this, you maybe need to go to this new article, out this week, over at Salon:

7 absurd ways the military wastes taxpayer dollars (link at bottom).

And then there's this from none other than The Wall Street Journal:

Wasteful Defense Spending Is a Clear and Present Danger
We could afford a stronger military if we implemented some contracting reforms

"When John McCain was shot down over Hanoi in 1967, he was flying an A4 Skyhawk. That jet cost $860,000.

Inflation has risen by 700% since then. So Mr. McCain's A4 cost $6.1 million in 2008 dollars. Applying a generous factor of three for technological improvements, the price for a 2008 Navy F18 fighter should be about $18 million. Instead, we are paying about $90 million for each new fighter. As a result, the Navy cannot buy sufficient numbers. This is disarmament without a treaty."

We see and hear and read of the obscene defense spending by us, by our country and it makes you want to ask, why do we still have American soldiers in Germany? Italy? It seems we are still, clearly fighting World War II. The US spends far, far more than any other nation on defense, inexplicably:

And then there's this:

The 'Red Dawn' Case for Cutting U.S. Defense Spending

The unsung remake of the Patrick Swayze movie, "Red Dawn," makes a case for cutting the defense budget

A Hollywood action movie, of all things, makes a case for cutting our defense budget. The article makes good points.

Links: http://www.salon.com/2012/12/12/7_absurd_ways_the_military_wastes_taxpayer_dollars/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124787043032160493.html

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-02/red-dawn-proves-the-u-dot-s-dot-should-cut-defense-spending