"I respectfully disagree with you that the military budget shouldn't be trimmed to cut our budget deficit ("Defense Is Now a GOP Target," Review & Outlook, Jan 9). As a former Air Force C-130 pilot, I am pro-military. But I can't deny what my own eyes saw year after year.
Each squadron had a budget, and any unspent money at the end of the budget year would be subtracted from the following year's budget. So, as the end of each and every budget year approached, there was the inevitable flurry of wasteful spending, purchasing unnecessary office equipment and furnishings, painting buildings that didn't need painting and even pointless landscaping projects to use up the excess dollars and guarantee continuing yearly budget excess in each little fiefdom. Multiply this by thousands of military units. At a minimum, with proper congressional budgetary oversight, this money could be redirected to advanced R&D and weapons procurement.
David Boettger
Salt Lake City" [1]
1. There Is Room to Cut U.S. Military Spending
Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. 23 Jan 2023: A.16.
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