Airedale260
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The main reason for the Obama administration deferring the maintenance is because, well, as you said the War on Terror simply sucked away funds, and let's be honest, he couldn't actually raise taxes to regain that money (or, alternatively, get enough funding to the IRS so it can actually go up against rich folk so they get forced to pay their full) or he'll have a metaphorical riot on his hands.
Actually the IRS doesn't have any funding problems...the real problem is that the tax laws are written in such a way that those who have the money to hire good lawyers can avoid (not evade) some taxes. Keep in mind that 1) Most government agencies are actually self-funded through fees and fines and 2) IRS-CI (the criminal investigations division) has the best record among federal LE agencies for convictions/successful cases.
That's why I laugh whenever I hear this. The issue isn't a lack of staffing or funding, especially when "the rich" already pay a disproportionate amount of all taxes in this country anyway.
But to get back on topic...
Knowing Biden he might try to institute the draft again just to fill numbers. And before anyone say no remember this is senile as hell Biden we are talking about. And how the media will shill for him on this too.
Doubt it. Not only because Biden and Co don't give a shit about the military beyond whether they're up to snuff on their diversity training, but also because it would mean having to answer hard questions about WHY the military is having these problems. The press could TRY to cover for Biden on this, but that would mean some very difficult questions about how the military was allowed to decay so badly, coupled with why nobody in the press said anything, especially if they were so eager to blame Trump for all sorts of problems but never said anything about this.