Survey: Americans want to slash defense spending (middle east, drug, poll)

[WesternPilgrim]

According to a survey back in May, when Americans are given concrete knowledge about the specifics of our defense budget, they favor deep spending cuts. The findings include:

* Nuclear weapons received a 27 percent average cut

* Ground force capabilities were slashed $36.2 billion

* Eight in 10 respondents favored cutting the Obama administration's proposed budget of $88 billion on war spending in Afghanistan for 2013. (Average cut: 40 percent)

* Six in 10 respondents favored reducing healthcare costs by having military families and retirees increase their co-pay for drug prescriptions

And it stands to reason. This country has spent nearly 1.4 trillion dollars on middle eastern wars since 2001, much of it futile nation-building. Calling these wars "defensive" in 2012 is to make a parody of the word. It's time to slash our war spending, leave the Mohammedans to solve their own problems, and redirect these billions to reducing our national debt.

[workingclasshero]

americans want to slash ALL spending...to include ALL social services

[txgolfer130]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

americans want to slash ALL spending...to include ALL social services

No, they don't. They want a combination of benefit cuts AND raising taxes as well as raising taxes w/ no cuts in benefits.

Americans Prioritize Deficit Reduction as an Economic Strategy

2nd poll down =>

[totsuka]

We have been on a spending spree for at least ten years. A modest 10 percent across the board would not hurt anyone.