2020 Democratic Primary Thread: Focus on House & Senate races

[Loose]

Bloomberg is polling well.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Defense spending as percentage of GDP has actually been going down since 2009

It is still too high. And I thought this president specifically has done impeachable offenses and he is unworthy of office. Why give him more $ as Commander in Chief?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Yes. But the budget item is bloated. You think we need to allocate more to Defense?

our military is understaffed so some of that went to increasing pay and incentives for people to join, especially in the more specialized areas re: cyber security, intelligence, languages/translators, etc. so i'm not mad at that.

america currently has a lot of enemies as well as growing tensions with other world powers, so in the interim, if we need to strap up, i don't mind given it won't be until someone with a sound mind gets in office and returns to diplomacy that we can relax. i also hope whoever the dem nomiee is will commit to removing our troops from all these regions we insist on occupying and policing, then again, that will give reason to cut spending.

as an offshoot of that, it's not so much the spending as much as the spending is done inefficiently - these contractors and defense companies run game on washington just like insurance and pharma. so i do hope we reign in the influence of lobbying and backroom deals that make our spending inefficient, and then, yet again, hopefully we can cut defense spending.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

It is still too high. And I thought this president specifically has done impeachable offenses and he is unworthy of office. Why give him more $ as Commander in Chief?

too high based on what? and if trump's budget wasn't approved, do you think the fund requested were going to be allocated to anything you champion?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

our military is understaffed so some of that went to increasing pay and incentives for people to join, especially in the more specialized areas re: cyber security, intelligence, languages/translators, etc. so i'm not mad at that.

america currently has a lot of enemies as well as growing tensions with other world powers, so in the interim, if we need to strap up, i don't mind given it won't be until someone with a sound mind gets in office and returns to diplomacy that we can relax. i also hope whoever the dem nomiee is will commit to removing our troops from all these regions we insist on occupying and policing, then again, that will give reason to cut spending.

as an offshoot of that, it's not so much the spending as much as the spending is done inefficiently - these contractors and defense companies run game on washington just like insurance and pharma. so i do hope we reign in the influence of lobbying and backroom deals that make our spending inefficient, and then, yet again, hopefully we can cut defense spending.

Uh, is this a yes or a no? lol

 

[Cognito]

It is still too high. And I thought this president specifically has done impeachable offenses and he is unworthy of office. Why give him more $ as Commander in Chief?

Dems are pro Military spending in case you missed it. All the defense contractors are in blue states/

 

[AnonymityX1000]

too high based on what? and if trump's budget wasn't approved, do you think the fund requested were going to be allocated to anything you champion?

The world average.
Why as a Dem when you are in the minority do you have to approve it? Why not oh I don't know 'resist'? It is likely to pass anyway.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Uh, is this a yes or a no? lol

it's not a yes or no, it's a i see the reasons for it, but if a lot of shyt was done differently, then i'd see the case to cut it

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

The world average.
Why as a Dem when you are in the minority do you have to approve it? Why not oh I don't know 'resist'? It is likely to pass anyway.

we are not average in the world's military, that's like asking alabama to spend the average on football facilities to be on par with the majority of srcub schools in the nation. the US plays in the big leagues of military strength and spends as such.

 

[StatUS]

It is still too high. And I thought this president specifically has done impeachable offenses and he is unworthy of office. Why give him more $ as Commander in Chief?

Most Dems are pro imperialism at long as the domestic issues move progressive. We had this discussion with Warren supporters before on here and they pretty much stated foreign policy doesn't matter as much. I've gotten the same response offline.

 

[Cognito]

Xi when the USA cuts it's defense spending by half.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Dems are pro Military spending in case you missed it. All the defense contractors are in blue states/

Not universally. I think that's what part of the fight in the party is about.
And what about representative government? Is the electorate asking for more military spending? Specifically are Democrats asking for more? No.

 

[Cognito]

Not universally. I think that's what part of the fight in the party is about.
And what about representative government? Is the electorate asking for more military spending? Specifically are Democrats asking for more? No.

Americans are pro military lol, the Pubs wanted to double it if I remember correctly and they are half the country

 

[AnonymityX1000]

it's not a yes or no, it's a i see the reasons for it, but if a lot of shyt was done differently, then i'd see the case to cut it

Thanks for the non-answer. lol

 

[AnonymityX1000]

we are not average in the world's military, that's like asking alabama to spend the average on football facilities to be on par with the majority of srcub schools in the nation. the US plays in the big leagues of military strength and spends as such.

We are in a league of our own. No one is even close to our spending.