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US Military Budget Just Increased By Another 100 Billion...Media Silent
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US Military Budget Just Increased By Another 100 Billion...Media Silent
August 3, 2018 at 5:09 pm (This post was last modified: August 3, 2018 at 5:23 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
Why are there so many Democrats voting to give an "authoritarian menace" and a "puppet of Russia" an even bigger military budget? Surely - with an overt Fascist in the Oval Office - the Democrats should be clamoring to reduce the power of the military? Only ten senators voted against the increase to the military budget. What happened to the so-called "Resistance"?

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Common Dreams Wrote:40 Democrats and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined nearly every Senate Republican on Wednesday to send a $717 billion military spending bill to President Donald Trump's desk.

Also:
139 House Democrats Join GOP to Approve $717 Billion in Military Spending


Here are the ten senators who voted against the spending measure:






How will the USA afford such an increase? How many people are asking that? USA can't have free healthcare for all but they can have an even bigger military?

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