Reduction of our budget

I have an idea on where to start reducing the deficit that the Republicans seem to be so concerned about but I doubt they would support it.

The truth is that the U.S. no longer has a "defense" budget. The adjective is wrong. Our military forces' size long ago ceased to have any meaningful attachment to the requirements of protecting Americans.

[T]he dirty secret of American defense politics is that we are fairly safe.

The Pentagon is the conduit for more than a fifth of our federal spending, and it accounts for about 65% of the $583-billion increase in annual discretionary spending since 2001.

But the dirty secret of American defense politics is that we are fairly safe.

Defense Cuts: Start Overseas | Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher Preble | Cato Institute: Commentary