Yeah, but Biden wants more than what Congress has approved for the year. Here's the kicker though, because of inflation, the increase isn't as high as some of the other warhawks want it to be:
Despite the high top-line request, with inflation it is only a 1.5 percent real increase from the fiscal 2022 budget, a fact that will draw the ire of many in Congress who have pushed for a 5 to 7 percent increase, citing Russian aggression and continued Chinese military modernization efforts.
Not to mention that the US is no longer in any declared wars.
Spending is increasing, literally immediately after the US withdrew from Afghanistan late last year (finally). If there was ever going to be a draw down (there wasn't), it was going to occur here.
Yo, didn't we JUST set that bar for military spending like literally a month and a half ago?
Yeah but that was a month and a half ago
Yeah, but Biden wants more than what Congress has approved for the year. Here's the kicker though, because of inflation, the increase isn't as high as some of the other warhawks want it to be:
We're talking close to 900 billion
So we're still INCREASING what we spend on the military after inflation...
Not to mention that the US is no longer in any declared wars.
Spending is increasing, literally immediately after the US withdrew from Afghanistan late last year (finally). If there was ever going to be a draw down (there wasn't), it was going to occur here.
The recent inflation is mostly from the cost of oil too.