The biggest problem is in the poison dart included: that checks and balances are erased and Musk gets to move the appropriated money to wherever he wants, even into his own contractor pocket. No more Congressional pigeon-hole mandates or oversight. Just a loise pile of $$$ over into Exec hands. 😡👹😡
I hope they have lots of money set aside for building a wall on the Canadian Border. I figure 1.5 Trillion should cover it and that will definitely keep out the 50 or so illegal immigrants and the 43 lbs of Fentanyl that made it's way there.
The 1 to 2% won't pay 1 to 2% more of their income which cuts less into their disposable income, but instead would have the poor & middle class, that can afford it less, to support a wasteful national defense -- pure greed for a defense that actually makes it possible for them to acquire yet more.
Hypothetically, if a new admin were planning to realign the US with Russia and go to war with Europe, I think a good way to start would be to fire Pentagon leadership, destabilize our allies’ economies, stop Ukrainian support, pull out of NATO, and increase the military budget.
This is how this works. If the Republican House is able to do this without and push back from their own, it’s over. Truly, Musk has won. There is no hope for any meaningful Democratic congressional resistance until the mid-terms.
They are doing the exact thing the Nazis did in the 30s and will need a huge military to coerce and attack in the future, when the regime is cemented and nobody dare stop them.
#Republicans are fiscally conservative when it comes to programs that assist the People. But when it comes to defense spending, they throw money around like drunken sailors because such spending is an efficacious way to funnel tax dollars into the coffers of the plutocrats whom they serve.
In 2019, the Trump 1st term U.S. Treasury Department estimated that the top 1% of Americans accounted for 28% of the “tax gap” — the disparity between taxes owed and taxes collected — totaling an approximate $163 billion each year.
Yes. Social Security/ Medicare gets fixed if you adjust the wage cap @ $176,100. Just double. After $352k, life contributions are less likely to be paid back in one's litetime
Tax the rich on Income Tax & increase SS tax on wage earners. No cuts to Fed Budget, No Tax cuts. Best budget is balanced.
If we're doing America first and we're not at war and we're not funding Ukraine. Why in the hell do we need to increase the defense spending? You would think that would be coming down since we're not fighting any active conflicts. That's where the money laundering is happening
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I fear there are enough Fraidy cat Democrats to not want to vote against bloated and wasteful defense spending to get it to finish. With nothing for people, I sincerely home they can resist. Let them own it. Musk will cut whatever they don’t.
They can only force it through the House. It should die in the Senate. No way any Dems can give up the only negotiating tool they have left. Shut it down.
Truman's implementation of the Marshall Plan, Eisenhower's implementation of widespread infrastructure construction, and Kennedy's forward looking New Frontier, these were the last moments of the Great America.
Since then, long-term planning has been cast aside in search of instant gratification.
Boosting our defense budget is going to be pretty damn ineffective if we are alienating our allies, strangling intelligence gathering, and giving our secrets away to our enemies at the same time.
The defense industry is the poster child of "fraud, waste & abuse" yet Republicans want to add more money to his bloated pig at the expense of the working class that desperately need assistance!
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No, they're boosting Offense.
Need those soldiers and armament to annex Greenland, Panama and Canada
Trump never gives a real or legit reason for his disastrous 'decisions '
Hypothetically.
I guess since the world is more dangerous now we should be spending more?
Can anyone who understands more please explain? Thanks. God bless.
literally part of the problem
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Since then, long-term planning has been cast aside in search of instant gratification.
They want to stop warring, but increase defense.
Is this for invading Canada?
The military told congress they dont need more A1 tanks but some reps want the credit for the jobs so we get tanks.
Nothing but the Sound of Silence.
Cowards and thieves.