• Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Especially when you piss away billions on vanity projects, cut off revenue, and start multiple wars for your oil baron masters

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      I think that’s the key. Obama increased the debt - to get out of the Great Recession. Trump increased the debt - to give billionaires and corporations huge tax cuts. Biden increased the debt - to stimulate growth in green industries and manufacturing. Trump increased the debt again - to give billionaires etc etc.

      Just the idea that the yearly budget of the Pentagon is going to go from $800 billion pre-COVID to $1500 billion indicates the people are not a priority.

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        3 days ago

        $1500 billion and it’s still not enough to feed all soldiers lol. The vast amount of that money just straight up goes to the billionaires who hold stocks of armament comppanies or whatever.

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      4 days ago

      Pushing massive tax cuts for the wealthy (and for regular citizens, but those ones had an expiration date attached) during a time of economic turmoil was certainly an interesting choice.