Dems Launch Overdue Salvo Against $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget

[Brenda]

Early in the House committee’s marathon 14-hour markup of the bill, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., led an amendment to cut the bill’s proposed $1.14 trillion topline by $150 billion. The first sign that this was going to make a splash came when not the usual two or three, but 11 lawmakers spoke in support of the amendment. While the measure ultimately failed 25-31, the fact that it garnered support from all but two Democrats on a committee that normally scoffs at efforts to cut military spending is an undeniable signal that the stars are aligned for a long-overdue showdown over the appropriate size of the Pentagon budget.

On the other side of the Capitol, during the Senate Armed Services Committee’s closed-door markup of the bill, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., led a virtually identical amendment to cut $150 billion from the topline, which won unanimous support from Democrats as well as from Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, leading to a 13-14 vote.

These votes were largely partisan, but reining in military spending isn’t a partisan issue for American taxpayers. A recent poll found that 65% of Americans oppose increasing the Pentagon budget from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion. It’s not hard to understand why.

Moreover, under these circumstances, advancing the president’s pursuit of a nearly 50% increase in military spending could be viewed as giving this administration, and potentially future administrations, a green light to continue waging wars without congressional approval.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/dems-launch-overdue-salvo-against-1-5-trillion-pentagon-budget/

[Walleye]

1. What was it? Our parents used to say? I'm not made of money.

[Brenda]

3. For me it was Do you think money grows on trees?

This is outright PILLAGE.

Wake up Americans.

[hookaleft]

2. 1.5 Trillion is ridiculous. No freaking way.

And make sure you get rid of this bullshit:

Iron Dome Replenishment: It included $1 billion in standalone emergency funding to restock Israel's Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system following the May 2021 conflict.

.Annual Military Aid: It advanced a broader $3.3 billion aid package to Israel, fulfilling a portion of the 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Israel.

Also that creepy passage about Israel and US integration.

[msongs]

4. get musk to donate a trillion as a tax write off. we can name an arch after him