The Unites States economy has been a subject of debate for as long as American politics have existed, however it has never been as closely scrutinized as it is in these times. As the global economy becomes more boundless, actions taken to adjust our economy are felt as ripple effects world-wide, or even as a tidal wave. With a current and future prediction of austere budget environments in the U.S. for the foreseeable future, we must examine the global impact of our internal budget decisions. Undeniably, even with the most careful considerations given, there will be unintended consequences that were not thoughtfully considered.
The Defense Budget
The military budget of the United States is always a topic of discussion when a significant economy debate is evolving. This is because of the substantial portion of our national budget that is devoted to sustaining and building our present and future national defense structure. The military budget structure is extremely complex. It is not only broken down by service branches, it has hundreds of organizational subcategories within the service branch divisions. Funding is allocated by functional areas such as personnel pay and benefits, operation and force sustainment costs, research and development, weapons system procurements, shipbuilding, developmental and operational testing, ordinance, and military equipment disposal. The debate of increasing or decreasing our military budget must be eventually carried down to this functional areas to decide what programs will see either an increase or decrease (Axe, 2011). Inevitably, those charged with the management of the myriad of subprograms associated with the functional areas in questions, will have specific arguments to defen...
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...time progresses, military budgets will certainly continue to be center stage in deficit reductions discussions. It is my sincere hope that Congressional leaders carefully explore all avenues when making critical decisions and fully understand and convey the consequences of their actions. It is incumbent on the American people to elect leaders who possess the character and insight to do the right thing for our nation, while considering the larger global impact as well.
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grow far into the future. The Intelligence community (IC) will run into challenges far into the future but over the next several years it will be budgetary restructuring/cuts, cyber security implementation, and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction because a transitional phase within the United States will impact intelligence operations. The intelligence community is likely to transition back to its pre-9/11 requirements thus hindering or withdrawing post 9/11 implementations
departing from the Army, and also those that were around prior to the start of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) near their retirement age. As future leaders continue to grow, they need to focus on getting back into the basics, along with maintaining the knowledge base that they already
War II. Others participated less enthusiastically on the world stage, such as when G.W. Bush declined to have the U.S. take a seat on the newly-formed U.N. Human Rights Council in 2006 (Kesten). In 2017, the debate continues. The United States’
the globe like ISIS, or acts of violence in the country, such as school shootings, help in ‘scaring’ the general public to accepting new laws that, in a sense, limit their freedoms in the name of security. In “The U.S. Global Military Empire”, Michael Parenti talks about how the U.S. military has become a primary focus for our nation, even above education. The government continues to pour millions of dollars into our military, even after wars such as the Cold War ends, since America has now taken
world’s reserve currency, the U.S. dollar is used throughout the world as a medium of exchange and is used as the global currency for products traded within the global market. In recent years the status of the U.S. dollar has been contested by a select few around the world. Leaders are unconvinced about the future of the United States economy as their deficits are exceeding record highs. The following analysis will discuss the history of the world reserve currency, how the U.S. dollar became the controlling
Control Mechanisms at Boeing By almost any standard, aerospace is one of the longest term businesses there is. When Boeing makes a decision to go forward with a new commercial airplane, launch vehicle or a new communication system, they are making a decision on a product that will likely be in service for at least half a century. And for this to be successful, it has to fit markets over that entire time period. Boeing’s market strategies have long-term focus. They believe very strongly in
from a global perspective really is. Within the United States poverty is an enormous problem. Extreme poverty or poverty suffered by people who live on less than $1 a day, can be found in a wide variety of different types of people. Children in the United States suffer tremendously from poverty, which contributes to the problem itself and allows poverty to evolve more rapidly. People who range from ages 18 to 64 as well as the elderly are affected by poverty everywhere. According to the U.S. Census
The United States is spending huge amounts of money on military defense when there are other problem areas in our society that are in need of more funding. $1.754 trillion - that is the current estimated amount the United States has spent on defense-related costs since 2001 (Koshgarian, L., et al., 2015). While the United States spends more on its military than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the U.K., India, France, and Japan combined (Peterson, P., 2016), it has one of the highest rates of poverty
Congress, but also on prime time news networks is the passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment, which would require that Congress balances the country’s budget every fiscal year (American Government, 1). A Balanced Budget Amendment could provide an exception for times of war, national emergency, or recession, or allow the legislature to suspend the rule by a supermajority vote (Lee, 2). A balanced budget is critical because budget deficits can only be funded by additional increases in the level of the
Protocol was set up in Kyoto, Japan. The Kyoto Protocol came into effect in 2005 ,under the agreement countries decide to cut their yearly emission as measured in the six greenhouse gases. (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change).The goal was the countries would reduce their emissions by 2008 to 2012 ,by an average of 5.2 percent since 1990 level. The impact was it place restriction on biggest polluted countries, managed transportation with lower or reduce emission of automobiles
impacted citizens of other nations worldwide. This infamous day in history had the power to turn the world upside down in only a matter of hours. U.S. foreign policy, specifically our relationships with other countries, was significantly changed after September 11th. After the terrorist attacks on this day of 2001, most nations were ready to accept U.S. leadership against terrorism. This was an opportunity for President Bush and his administration to exploit this rare opportunity to stabilize the
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“They forced me to sleep with as many as 50 customers a day. I had to give [the pimp] all my money. If I did not [earn a set amount] they punished me by removing my clothes and beating me with a stick until I fainted, electrocuting me, cutting me” (Global Sex Trafficking 1). This is the real-life testimony of a woman named Kolab, a sex trafficking survivor from Cambodia who shares her story with Equality Now, a female human rights advocate organization. Sucked into a world of fear, subjugation, and
the second half of 20th century and left a scar that still feel today. The alliance that had formed between two super powers, U.S and USSR during World War II was not strong enough to overcome the past decades of suspicion and unease between the two nations. Unwilling to compromise because of paranoia about their postwar national security created high tension atmosphere in U.S- Soviet Union’s relationship. This unstable partnership finally cracked due to the defeat of Nazi German: An unnatural alliance