"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.

  • DrumpfYouABusta [any]
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    3 years ago

    Death to every worthless mother fucker that votes in favor of this

    • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Bernie and the squad are gonna applaud this with standing ovation. "Sure we oppose military budgets most years, but this time RUSHHA "

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I love how my dad gets frothing fash pissed off over people on welfare but he's absolutely quiet on his tax money going for this. Hey dad, how does 813 billion for the military help you?

  • Koa_lala [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    * Excited bi-partisan noises *

    spoiler

    This joke physically hurt to write.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Excited to see this pass on a voice vote and signed into law by the Senate Parliamentarian.

  • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Yo, didn't we JUST set that bar for military spending like literally a month and a half ago?

    • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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      3 years 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:

      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.

      We're talking close to 900 billion

      • 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.

  • mr_world [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Why even put a limit on it anymore? What's the point? Just give them any money they want, no ending, no limit to contracts. Let's do this right. Stop playing coy like you give a fuck about a budget.