A Strong Defense is a good Offense.

Yesterday, January 6th CNN reported the looming military cuts.  Defense Secretary Robert gates made his decision to cut $78 Million dollars from the U.S. military and Marine Corps.  The cash cuts would be to fund the troops not to be used to develop smarter weapons.  The money needed to produce smarter weapons is coming from the branches' savings.  The savings used for the weapons totals upwards of $100 billion dollars.  Furthermore the budget cuts would cut down on the military personnel substantially. The Marines 15,000 to 20,000 people cut, the Army 27,000 cut.  In my opinion I don't think we should cut military spending.  There shouldn't be a price on defending this country.  There has to be another way to get money back in this economy and cutting military spending is not the way to go.  For example I think the taxes for the rich should go up, and the income of the politicians should be cut in half.  The politicians make way more money then they actually need but then they complain about how little they're making.  I think they should realize how much they're actually making by taking at least half of their income and put it back into the economy.