NightOwl@lemmy.fmhy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago70 House Republicans voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukrainewww.businessinsider.nlexternal-linkmessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down115cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareitchy_lizard@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down4·2 years agoGreat! Surely they’ll cut funding to the US military too, right?
minus-squareDeadGemini@waveform.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-22 years agoNope. From an article about the debt ceiling bill that resumed student loan payments in June: “Some $886 billion will be spent on defense, according to the bill text.” That’s an increase after a $858 billion defense bill passed in december Biden’s student loan forgiveness only would have cost $400 billion, but spending almost $2 trillion per year on ending people’s lives is more important.
Great! Surely they’ll cut funding to the US military too, right?
Nope. From an article about the debt ceiling bill that resumed student loan payments in June: “Some $886 billion will be spent on defense, according to the bill text.”
That’s an increase after a $858 billion defense bill passed in december
Biden’s student loan forgiveness only would have cost $400 billion, but spending almost $2 trillion per year on ending people’s lives is more important.