Think tank: Sequestration-sized DOD cuts doable, and not so bad

By Chris Carroll
Published: November 2, 2012

Courtesy of the Department of Defense

WASHINGTON – Congress should rein in military pay increases, raise fees on Tricare and reform DOD’s retirement system to help reduce the national budget deficit while maintaining a strong national defense, according to a report released this week by the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning Washington think tank.

The report also suggests that sequestration, severe budget cuts scheduled to take effect in early 2013 if Congress fails to act to reduce the federal deficit, doesn’t have to be such a bad thing either. Sequestration would cut $600 billion out of the DOD budget on top of nearly $500 billion in reductions to planned future spending that DOD says it can handle.

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