• BussyCat@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The military budget isn’t even the whole story because it doesn’t include the hundreds of billions that go to DHS and the hundreds of billions that’s go to veterans affairs which only exists because of the military budget

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      2 days ago

      Veterans affairs is almost entirely paying benefits that people earned working for the military, cutting that isn’t really an option. DHS could absolutely be downsized from being Trump’s secret police

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        1 day ago

        Reduce military from 2.1m to under 500k

        Audit veterans disability for fraud

        The amount of people who are 100% disabled while living and working entirely normal lives says something is wrong with the system

        Veterans affairs will be able to be cut within a few years