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USA Republicans want to cut nuclear weapons spending

Republican Revolution on Nuclear Weapons? Huffington Post, Joel Rubin: 7/25/1, Will Republicans, during these debt-ceiling negotiations, do the unthinkable and support cutting defense spending to avoid raising taxes on the uber-wealthy? The answer is yes, as it should be, and there is an answer to their angst.

The answer is that we should dramatically reduce the nuclear weapons budget. Doing so will do no harm to our national defense.  But don’t take my word for it. Take Senator Tom Coburn’s (R-Okla.). His proposal this week to lop off $9 trillion from the national debt over the next decade would halve the total number of nuclear warheads in our combined active and reserve stockpiles from about 5,000 to nearly 2,500.

This would save nearly $80 billion over the next decade. Compare that to our biggest potential threat, China, who has 175 warheads, and the Coburn vision still leaves us with 14 times more warheads…….http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-rubin/republican-revolution-nuclear-weapons_b_907533.html

July 28, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war