Billions More Needed for Iran War Trump Started, Pentagon Says | Meanwhile, cuts are coming to housing and health care.
Source: FreeHugs23
Billions More Needed for Iran War Trump Started, Pentagon Says | Meanwhile, cuts are coming to housing and health care.
Source: FreeHugs23
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>The Pentagon wants $80 billion from Congress, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, the Associated Press reports.
>This is on top of the White House’s request to boost defense spending in the 2027 budget to $1.5 trillion—nearly 50 percent more than current allocations. Increased military spending in the budget would come alongside cuts to housing, health care, and green energy programs.
>Given that, it’s even more galling that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been reportedly making his way around Capitol Hill, asking senators for an additional $80 billion to cover war expenses.
>When Hegseth testified to Congress last month, he estimated that war costs would be around $29 billion—far lower than today’s asking price. But that estimate didn’t include the cost to repair or rebuild damaged U.S. military sites in the region, which may require extra cash, according to the AP.
>However, the estimates for how much this war will cost American taxpayers have been all over the place: The Pentagon’s initial estimate was a whopping $200 billion. Whether Hegseth will actually get this money is a different story. The Iran war is opposed by a majority of Americans, and the Pentagon may struggle to get congressional support.
Disgusting and utterly shameful
This doesn’t sound like America First
No. The Pentagon already has a large budget. The budget assumes military operations in conflict zones.
I want to see the Pentagon pass an independent audit first. I want to see where the money is going. I also want to see where we can be more frugal with defense dollars.
The pentagon gets a trillion dollars per year. Figure it out.
Welcome to Operation Epic Fuck-up.
Party like it’s 1776 y’all
When Trump arrived in DC, he didn’t gather the best. He picked drug addicts. Criminals. Rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.
Surprisingly, this sounds like a republican power grab. Feed the rich (military industrial complex) and fuck everyone else. Who put the psychopath in the offal office? That is right folks [**REPUBLICANS**](https://imgur.com/0tEevf8)
Fuck No.
He Lost the War
Worst administration ever
You know what? Take it from MAGA states’ budgets
All you pubs out there owe me gas money
There is huge difference between the words “want”ed and “need”ed.
Sorry no money for universal healthcare remember?
At least the war is over and the strait is open. I’ve heard that fuel prices will be coming down imminently.
Why pay for education and healthcare when we can pay to blow up poor brown people on the other side of the world? It’s simple math people!
It’s “solving the affordability crisis”!
Just not the way you m*r*ns expected. 🤣🤣
Enjoy your magat government, folks.