Republicans want cuts to roughly $857 billion in defense spending off the table under their debt ceiling proposal — forcing everything else in the budget to take the hit.
Shalanda Young, the head of the White House Office of Budget and Management,warning that shielding those departments from cuts could mean as much as a 30% cut in every other department’s budget. Any further attempt to make those cuts less uniform would result in even sharper reductions for some programs.
The Republicans’ commitment to defense spending at the expense of everything else perfectly highlights their sharp divide with Democrats over how they view the world and the role of government. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.,that reducing defense spending should be avoided because “it’s a very dangerous world right now.” Cole added that in contrast to domestic spending — which he described as “wants and desires” — spending on the military is “a very different level of commitment.
That approach became especially popular in the post-9/11 world. It’s a mindset based in fear and based on the need to cover up that fear by appearing tough to the rest of the world. (That the mindset helps provide a continued fount of cash for the defense industry, which then
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