The issue none are addressing:Pentagon spending now consumes nearly 70 percent of the discretionary
The issue none are addressing:Pentagon spending now consumes nearly 70 percent of the discretionary federal budget.Even if we just count direct US military spending, the figures are enormous. At $610 billion in 2017, US military spending accounted for more than a third of the world total. This dwarfs the $294 billion spent by our potential adversaries—Russia spent $66 billion; China, $228 billion.Now is the time for democratic candidates to get this and start talking aboutbetter ways for the country to use that money. Will Harris talk about this? Gillibrand and Gabbard didn’t. Maybe someone like Washington Governor Jay Inslee will bring it up.What all Democratic candidates need to know is that the polling shows that the voters would rather money go to infrastructure and social programs than policing the world. But of course the Military Industrial Complex won’t let go of any money without a fight. Anyone up for the battle? -- source link