How to fix the U.S. military

Phillip Carter and Fred Kaplan explain How to fix the U.S. military:

• Overhaul the budget.
• Rejigger the military services.
• Fix the Army.
• Invest in people.
• Promote the right leaders.
• Create incentives for a real nation-building or counterinsurgency capability.
  
• Spread the responsibilities around.
• Taxes.

Note that they don't spell out that last point with a verb, like increase.