• PicoBlaanket@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    $916 billion = US military budget, in 2023.

    Just think of all the good that could be done with that money…

    Poverty-reduction, environment-restoration, water-health, high-speed trains, global-aid…

    When will we be angelic?

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        2 hours ago

        Calling bullshit unless a majority of US states pass electoral reform, doing away with First-past-the-post voting and allowing more political parties to be part of the electoral process.

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      I personally think the Pentagon and any agency who regularly works with contractors needs to be forced to pass audits. That way, we can decrease spending without weakening military.

      Especially if Trump tries to withdraw from NATO again, we could lose a fourth of our military strength (in the assumption that annual $$$ = strength of military) and still free up none of that budget.