"The hawks in Washington want to jack up the military budget and use Ukraine as an excuse," warned one analyst.

Lol you thought you were going to get student debt relief or better health care? Fuck off, more money for the war machine.

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    it is only a 1.5 percent real increase

    So we're still INCREASING what we spend on the military after inflation...

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      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.