Cut the Defense Budget

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Barney Frank and three other legislators have banded together to try to convince Obama to cut the Pentagon's budget by $100 billion. Of Obama's decision to exempt the Pentagon from the discretionary spending freeze, Frank, the statesman and peace activist, says, “I think he has made a very grave error.”

I guess Barney thinks that the billions being spent on the F-35 should not be considered as discretionary spending. After all, this will keep GE happy and, hopefully, keep jobs in the state. Does it matter that the Pentagon does not want this plane?