Senator: Expect painful cuts in Pentagon budget: "WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate defense committee chairman says Pentagon budget will include large, painful cuts. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Tuesday that major program cuts will not be pushed off until the 2011 budget, but will be included when Defense Secretary Robert Gates sends his spending plan to the president later this month..."
Defense dollars generate jobs here at home. I don't think they generate that many jobs with the billions we are giving to financial institutions. Let's not cut jobs during a depression, that really seems counterproductive to stimulus.
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