Posted By: Dave H
Re: It’s irresponsible to cut Coast Guard funding - 03/09/10 06:54 AM
Very interesting article. Wondered why a writer from Buffalo would write that story until you get to the end of the article.
Posted By: WackoPaul
Re: It’s irresponsible to cut Coast Guard funding - 03/09/10 05:39 PM
The headline really says it all!!
Posted By: Bob M
Re: It’s irresponsible to cut Coast Guard funding - 03/10/10 01:00 PM
I guess you can just file that under "hope & change". Does anyone else think it's time to spend a little more time and money protecting our own country instead of these never ending wars on foreign soil? We cannot keep being the world's police. We cannot continue to keep sending our resources to foreign countries when there are true Americans that need those resources right here.
God bless America, and all our brave men and women who fight to keep her free. These are the folks who should get the resources they need to protect our nation and themselves.
Bob
Posted By: flacoastie
Re: It’s irresponsible to cut Coast Guard funding - 03/10/10 04:19 PM
It certainly is responsible to cut the funding. This has been going on for years and years with the exception of one or two years when there was a special project like the funding of the "deepwater" ship replacement programs.
The problem is that funding cuts to the Coast Guard and other branches of the service do not become recognized until it affects the civilian population and their security. I didn't hear anyone complain when the Coast Guard was sent to Viet Nam without adequate equipment and we physically had to beg and steal from the Navy ships to keep our equipment operational. If it had not been for the Navy giving us their personal parts and supplies we would have gone on patrols without operational equipment.
As the Coast Guard saying goes "We have done so much with so little for so long, we will continue to do everything with nothing forever."
