Issue 31

What needs to be done about the U.S. defense budget?

It must be cut further, given fiscal uncertainty and America’s changing profile in world affairs.

23%

Recent cuts have finally brought defense spending into proper balance and prompted needed reassessments.

15%

Defense spending must be gradually increased over time to restore lost programs and manpower.

31%

Defense spending must be upped immediately to protect the U.S. and its alliances.

23%

We are now in a crisis; only a vast rearmament and expansion of the military will ward off a war.

8%