Budgets And Stuff.

       President Trump is about to present his vision of a budget. It includes 2.6 billion for border security including starting the wall. It also includes 800 billion to be taken from Medicaid. So, 800 minus 2.6 equals minus 797.4 billion from Medicaid. Where do you suppose that nearly 800 billion will go. Here's a hint. He's also proposing huge tax cuts for the wealthy. You don't suppose those two are related, do you?
       He's also proposing a huge increase for the military. Just what does the military need? I've been thinking about that for a while now. So let's see. He talked about cutting the budget for the Coast Guard. But the Coast Guard has a very large responsibility for our safety. If anything it probably needs an increase. What about the Army? I think they need to cut the size of the standing army and convert it to the ready reserve. Then increase the size of it's Special Forces and rapid response sections.
       Then there's the Navy. We already have the largest Navy in the world. Russia has one rather poor carrier. China is building some carriers, but they can hardly go up against any of ours. But I'm sure not an authority on the needs of the Navy. How about the Marines? Well, I think they need to be enlarged to provide a hard hitting presence wherever needed, giving the necessary time to bring up the Army Reserves if and where necessary.
       That leaves the Airforce. Again I'm not sure of the needs the Airforce has other then it's nuclear responsibilities. I understand our Nuclear arsenal needs modernization. That'll be expensive. It's likely that extra funding may be necessary for the Military. I'm not convinced it must be huge.
       My biggest question is why do the least able to pay for increases always seem to be to folks who must pay while the most comfortable reap the advantages of the those doing the painful paying? Wouldn't it be something if someday the rich were billed for increases to the military or to build a useless wall and to give aid to a few more poor and struggling? Huh, pipe dreams.