☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agoTrump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budgetwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10cross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlus_news@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squareFumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-216 days agoThat will eat up 20x what Doge has “saved” so far. The party of “fiscal responsibility,” everyone. You could argue that 70% of the national debt is from our insane military budgets and its consequences.
minus-squareGoodGuyWithACat [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·16 days agoOn paper the largest part of our budget is social services but on paper even the military doesn’t know it’s own budget.
minus-squareClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agoI’d argue more than 70 but yes
That will eat up 20x what Doge has “saved” so far. The party of “fiscal responsibility,” everyone.
You could argue that 70% of the national debt is from our insane military budgets and its consequences.
On paper the largest part of our budget is social services but on paper even the military doesn’t know it’s own budget.
I’d argue more than 70 but yes