Daily Dish on Defense Spending

Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan a known English author, and editor has focused on Political aspect for much of his career.  Andrew Sullivan wrote a blog on The Daily Dish on October 14, 2010 called, "Obama's Big Big Spending On Defense". In the blog Sullivan discusses that President Obama has had an opportunity to cut defense prices. Sullivan claims that the President is overspending when he could cut defense prices. Sullivan states that Obama could the trim the defense by trillion-or-so dollars. That is a lot of money that could be used for other purposes. Sullivan also goes into detail that Obama has not even included the military spending budget, and who knows how much money that is going to cost. Sullivan uses this as evidence to show that Obama is being misleading about his proposed spending freeze. Sullivan also argues that it is irresponsible to our taxpayers who are the major contributors to the defense funding. The American people are the ones who have to pay for the high defense costs. Sullivan is trying to speak out to everyone and inform them about the high expenses that are being spent on defense. If Sullivan was to target a very specific group he would connect with other conservative believers who feel the same way about the actions of President Obama. Sullivan goes on to say that President Obama is holding military spending at its current levels, so the price is still at highs. This statement allows people to think logically that Obama could find a way to cut prices and save people money on taxes. I would agree with Sullivan, Obama has a chance to cut the defense cost. If that is going to save trillions of dollars then Obama should consider doing it and investing the money saved in other programs for the people.