Text Ticker: Pentagon Monster
Eric Stoner’s got more of his good ol’ common sense about the military budget over at ZNet. One thing I did not know is that Barney Frank (of bailout fame) deserves some credit:
Senator Barney Frank is one of the only legislators on Capitol Hill who has been willing to tackle this issue. For months, he has been avidly pushing for a 25 percent cut to the military budget. While his proposal is seen as radical by most in Congress, the Pentagon budget could take a 40 percent hit and its funding would only be back to where it was at the end of Clinton’s last term – thanks to President Bush’s eight year military spending binge.
