Maybe the defense spending bill shouldn’t be “must pass” anymore

Congress is putting the finishing touches on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. As usual, it’s a project they’ve been working on all year and this one is projected to weigh in at a monstrous $847 billion. Virtually every news article you read about this humungous bill includes some variation of a description of how it is considered to be “must-pass” legislation. Many of us have always considered that to be a given. After all, we have to continue funding our military and protecting our national security or we pretty much don’t have a country anymore. But the latest news coming out this month has me rethinking that position. Perhaps we need some people in Congress who still have a spine to stand up and say that they won’t vote for the bill unless some significant cuts are made. I’m not talking about cuts to the military, of course. We need to cut all of the absolutely unrelated measures having nothing to do with the military or national security that the swamp creatures are trying to sneak through on the NDAA’s coattails. The latest one will increase foreign military aid to Taiwan and give Joe Biden almost unlimited power to send money and military equipment to them without congressional oversight just like he’s already doing with Ukraine. And there are far worse things already being attached to the spending bill. (Washington Times)Read More