The Reagan Defense Budget: Prospects and Pressures,

Abstract

In this paper, I will discuss the ways in which a range of possible outcomes of the Reagan Administration's economic program could help to reinforce or undermine the prospects for real U.S. defense budget increases on the order of those presented by the President in March 1981. The prospects for planned real budget growth (which had been projected by some officials at 7% per year, in terms of outlays) could be rendered fairly bleak should the overall Federal economic plan fail. Under any circumstances, moreover, the political rationale for maintenance of significant real DoD budget growth can be expected to remain in a state of conflict with other components of the Reagan economic plan. Too, whether or not the Reagan economic program is successful, powerful pressures and restraints will undoubtedly shape the internal mix of the defense buildup. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA116895

Entities

People

  • Kevin N. Lewis

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Policy
  • Federal Budgets
  • Health Care
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Educational Psychology
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting