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Sanders Rips Lawmakers Saying 'We Don't Have the Money' While Backing $900 Billion for Military (www.commondreams.org)

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"I think it's time to tell the military-industrial complex they cannot get everything they want," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "It's time to pay attention to the needs of working families."

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

In terms of spending the Defense Budget is ABSOLUTELY DWARFED by Social Spending.

Without past and present defense budgets, the US would have 0 debt, and 0 current interest expenses which is now over $100B per month. US federal overspending on healthcare, more than all other countries, is not through universal healthcare, but healthcare oligarchy profit protection.