At West 2015, top military leaders, including Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, are calling for a repeal of sequestration. A new poll of military families troops shows strong support for repeal reverberates down the ranks.
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The First Command Financial Behaviors Index shows that 76 percent of middle-class military families (defined as commissioned officers and senior non-commissioned offices with household incomes of at least $50,000) would like to see an end to the military spending caps. A dissenting 24 percent support leaving the spending limits in place.
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The military is more supportive of sequestration repeal than the general public, which is split almost 50-50 on the question, with a scant majority favoring keeping the sequester in place, according to the survey.
Service members also are more likely to believe that Congress will repeal sequestration before fiscal year 2016 begins in October, compared to 18 percent of the general public.
