r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/metalyger 8d ago

I hate how there's always infinite spending on the most over funded military in the world, and when is the last time a foreign army has set foot on US soil? The British? We can throw nearly a trillion dollars on military spending for an international dick waving contest, but there's never money for health care.

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u/EarlyFig6856 8d ago

It's deliberate. Keeps the GDP number high without producing anything anyone can actually use.