President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for a U.S. defense budget exceeding $770 billion for the next fiscal year as the Pentagon seeks to modernize the military, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations, eclipsing the record budget requests by former President Donald Trump.
after all the Russian "imminent" attacks I'm surprised he's low-balling it
Coulda asked for a cool trillion if he hyped up the Russia/Ukraine situation just a little harder
Fun fact: the real number is already north of $1tn
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/tom-dispatch-america-defense-budget-bigger-than-you-think/
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Is it at all bad that my initial reaction to reading your post was "huh, yeah, prolly?" It feels bad. Like, I should be shocked, but nah
All the bridge and train money go to tank and shit plane like f35