Apparently, our President has made a budget decision that one would think would irritate his support base...
From the AP story, as found on AmericaBlog:
"President Bush will use his new budget to propose cutting the size of the Army Reserve to its lowest level in three decades and stripping up to $4 billion from two fighter aircraft programs."
and...
"Under the plan, the authorized troop strength of the Army Reserve would drop from 205,000 — the current number of slots it is allowed — to 188,000, the actual number of soldiers it had at the end of 2005. Because of recruiting and other problems, the Army Reserve has been unable to fill its ranks to its authorized level.
Army leaders have said they are taking a similar approach to shrinking the National Guard. They are proposing to cut that force from its authorized level of 350,000 soldiers to 333,000, the actual number now on the rolls."
Fabulous. Aren't we at war? Great idea! Let's trim the recruiting requirements because it's falling short and no one can figure out how to right the ship. That'll do it.
Of course, we could make the Reserve/Guard option a more appealing one by not fighting wars that a good chunk of the country opposes AND employs a large "weekend warrior" population to fight it. Just sayin'...
I leave with one question:
Still diggin' those tax cuts, Mr. President?
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