House to approve defense bill that Obama will veto
Fox News is reporting that Congress is set to approve their defense spending bill for next year, however, the White House is set to veto it, mostly because it busts spending caps while Congress will not do the same for non-defense spending. The bill funds the Defense Department through the Overseas Contingency Operations portion, which is not subject to spending caps
The argument is whether Congress should break through spending caps when it comes to defense, but adhere to them for domestic agencies. Obama and his Democratic supporters say no. Republicans, citing global threats around the world, say yes.
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters on Wednesday that he wants Obama to veto it.
“Attempts to evade the question of overall fiscal responsibility with the so-called OCO gimmick … is objectionable to me and to others in other agencies, and I think ought to be to the taxpayer, and certainly to the warfighter,” Carter told reporters.
Yeah, well, our withdrawal from our leadership role in the world has created several crises throughout the world from Africa to Afghanistan. Our mishandling of the war against ISIS, al Qaeda, the Taliban has a cost in dollars as much as a cost in blood. Congress and the White House have been hacking away at the defense budget so much so that we can’t afford to have our Navy at sea to protect our interests. Do I need to mention throwing billions at a fighter that probably won’t be able to fire it’s round at the enemy for another 5 years? You know, in spite of the fact that we’re at war.
They’ve raided the veterans’ healthcare surplus while jacking up our healthcare costs without blinking an eye. That 1.3% pay raise for the troops is below the projected inflation rate. Both the White house and the Congress has been shooting craps with the defense budget and gambling away our national security and this is the first attempt by either to correct that shortfall.
You know what? No other department of the Government, or office of Congress, has sacrificed a penny to balance the budget except the Defense Department. And no other department of the government has handed the President as many successes as the Defense Department and this is how he thanks them – using them as a political tool to continue his legacy.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Big Pentagon
nobody said standing in the door of twilight would be pretty…
Is that yours? Or is that from something?
it’s the way these clowns back east run stuff. and the lose screw up top, is running us in the ground
Just another phase in his ongoing plan to “fundamentally transform America”……..into a third-world cesspool!
Nice to know that Defense Secretary Ass Carter has the military’s back. I always thought the military WAS part of the Department of Defense. Carter must be a secretary at the company that makes Depends…
Meanwhile, U.S. Government bureaucrats and agencies bend over backwards to hand out all they can as fast as they can to illegal aliens and welfare flunkies.
Lars will drop by soon to point out how Jonn is wrong and Obozo is wonderful.
Not just that, he’ll be screeching like a starving chihuahua about how mean, wrong and “racist” we are and how B. Hussein 0bama & Company are SO FULL of love, hope, change, promise and happy unicorn farts!
And remember people. We are all cowards for not using our real names here. Real men would post their names. blah, blah freaking blah.
Jeez why doesn’t Lars just go away? He’s such a drama queen, attention whore. Don’t look over here while we bring him up though.
I see one of my minions is here…. now go and spread the word of Hope and Change. and show these evil Republicans How, I can bring this bitch to here knees ! ! !
and don’t forget the Kool-Aide packs
Not all Republicans are evil, I’m not anyway haha.
“Attempts to evade the question of overall fiscal responsibility with the so-called OCO gimmick … is objectionable to me and to others in other agencies, and I think ought to be to the taxpayer, and certainly to the warfighter,” Carter told reporters.
Well thank you Carter for again giving Obama his weekly warm, wet butt and ball licking. “Attempts to evade the question of overall fiscal responsibility…”. You mean for such as welfare, refugees by the thousands, illegals aliens by the thousands? I guess the taxpayers don’t need a say in those eh Carter and Obama. Just let the military dwindle to a Boy Scout Troop in effectiveness and continue to expand our military presence everywhere it isn’t needed.
The only reason Ash Carter should tell him to Veto the defense budget is because it isn’t enough for DoD to function successfully.
He should be at Congress daily bugging them about giving his Department more money to function.
He should also be leaning on his fellow cabinet members to work on their own “fiscal responsibility” instead of it just being DoD and Veterans (whose backs he won’t balance the budget on!) funding used to balance the deficit.