And how much was in the bill to house the homeless woman who asked me to buy her lunch last month? Or to feed her? Or to get her modest clothes or healthcare? Or for my healthcare, for that matter?
They are spending more on your healthcare than most developed nation spend on theirs per citizen, it just gets stolen on its way to you. US healthcare is not underfunded.
Her money was pocketed by private insurance companies. Blame them, not a poor country that’s under attack. US has way more than enough money to feed and house everyone, even if they quadruple the spending on Ukraine.
It still needs to get past the House. Despite what the news is reporting, the ‘extremists’ don’t have enough votes to tank the vote unless all the Republicans are cowed by them. I think something like ten sane Republicans would be enough to get this through.
I’m all for an audit and restrictions on spending, but first we gotta get our House in order. Before that, aid for Ukraine.
While I’m glad we are increasing pay for troops and aid for Ukraine, I believe that our defense spending is incredibly out of control. We are spending egregious amounts of money to ensure that we could murder the entire world instead of spending that money on more worthwhile things. I’m not saying cut all defense spending but even a 30% cut would be more than welcome.
Salaries are a tiny fraction of the military budget. Majority goes to overpriced military contractors. I think the bigger issue is the Pentagon has failed 6 audits in a row.
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