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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call $125 billion "play money", even if the US yearly military budget is $900 billion.

The US military budget is egregious, and this just shows how much war is about funneling taxpayer money to the MIC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Idk, nearly a trillion dollars a year is hardly easy to overlook so I find it hard to believe that this of all things is a red line.