Romney's Proposed Defense Budget ...

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... Demonstrates the GOP's fealty to the Military/Industrial Complex. For those who somehow believe that the GOP party is the party of fiscal discipline, check out his proposed increased Defense spending (over and above war spending).

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/op...-pentagon.html

Isn't the difference in the parties simply where they wish to (over)spend the public's money, not that one is fiscally disciplined and the other not? Neither are fiscally disciplined, but maybe the GOP is even worse because they don't want to even pay for their such spending (with anything other than fairy dust).

In effect, Romney wants to borrow more money from China to build up our military so we can protect ourselves from an ever-stronger China. Feckin' brilliant. As someone who worked in the belly of the DoD beast for 20 years, I feel they waste money like no other agency, both in relative and absolute terms.