THE DEMOCRAT LEFTIST OF ANTI MILITARY HAS DONE ITS JOB OF THE SLOW MARCH FORWARD TO THE STEADY DECLINE OF READINESS FOR THE US MILITARY AS BUDGET CUTS HAVE DONE THE SWISS CHEESE OF EVERY BRANCH BEHIND THE AMERICAN WATCH - SINCE 2011 A 25% DROP IN NATIONAL SECURITY SPENDING DUE TO THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO CHAOS EFFECT

The Defense Budget

While the NDAA is primarily a policy bill, it also establishes budgets. This paper is not primarily about the budget, but the budget situation must be addressed. From FY 2011 to FY 2015, total national security spending (budget function 050, including overseas operations) dropped by 24.9 percent in real terms.[34] While that period included dramatic force reductions in Iraq and Afghanistan, recent events around the world and the operating tempo of the U.S. military show that this dramatic cut was misguided. Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), defense spending increased slightly for FY 2016; thus FY 2011–FY 2016 is now only a 23.5 percent cut. Unfortunately, the BBA cap reduces inflation-adjusted defense spending in FY 2017, so the gap from FY 2011 grows back to 24.5 percent in real terms. The defense budget under the BBA is not sufficient to support the military that this nation needs.




http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2016/03/the-2017-ndaa-should-begin-rebuilding-americas-military