Outrageous $778B 2022 Military Budget Approved

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[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Out of Control!

... includes a $25 billion increase from Congress to the White House’s initial budget.

Only 80 members of the House and 8 members of the Senate voted against the NDAA

Congress approves monstrous military spending budgets with rapid success and bipartisan support...

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Don't even get value for money.

https://eurasiantimes.com/british-media-celebrates-us-marines-surrender-to-their-uk-counterparts-in-california-desert-war-drills/

[–]BravoVictor 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Sadly, military contracting is one of the few domestic industries left that can't be outsourced, so that's what gets most of the pork.

Plus, without a big military, how are we supposed to bomb people? I mean, what's the alternative? Not bombing people? That's crazy talk!

[–]Brewdabier 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

And who pays. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-lawmakers-dig-at-elon-musk-for-bragging-about-paying-11-billion-in-taxes-2679754

[–]BravoVictor 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The idiocy of my lawmakers is painful to read. "Elon Musk made $36 BILLION in one day, but wants to brag about paying an $11 billion tax bill."

No you fuckwits, he didn't make anything in one day. That's not how unrealized asset gain works. If the value of my $100k house goes up by 10%, I didn't "make" $10,000. It's the same house it was the day before. You don't tax estimated worth of stocks at any given time, because that would force all stock holders to sell the moment any stock increased in value, which would in turn destroy the stock market and the ability of people to invest in businesses.

And the only reason he's even paying $11 billion is to fullfill his promise in a Twitter poll to sell a ton of shares, thus realizing gains and therefore giving him taxable income. But even that's not enough. That's the mistake a lot make when conceding to the lunatic left. It's never enough. Once you start trying to placate them, you'll never stop and they'll take that as a sign of weakness and eat you alive.

The real irony is this ignorance is coming from political leeches that take hundreds of thousands from tax payers while giving them nothing in return, except divisive misinformed talking points. Time for Democrats to "pay their fair share".

[–]AntiSemit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The only shares that actually contributes to productivity are ones still owned by the founder or CEO. This is because said shares can actually be used to raise capital.

Reasons like this is exactly why nations are incentivized to help small companies and screw over large ones. Shares are like Gasoline - once you list it and sell some shares, they ain't exactly coming back. Especially since it's illegal for CEOs to go against Shareholder interests.

China had the right idea. Pump money into small companies and fuck over big ones. Keep the money-supply flowing.

[–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's a lot of cash but I would rather the USA be the undisputed super power of the world then China.

[–]StillLessons 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

China now has significant control within the levers of US power. Overall, watching how covid has played out, do you seriously doubt that there is co-operation among the elites of all industrialized nations to shit on their citizens in the name of "safety!"?

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The Lockheed C-130 Aircraft is assembled in Marietta, Georgia. The parts are made and shipped in from all 50 states. That's how military spending works. It employes millions of civilians in all 50 states and in almost all congressional districts. Congressmen do not fire their constituents to keep their seats.

[–]StillLessons 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Great example. I have a family member who is pro-military for precisely this reason. She sees the military primarily as a source of work for Americans. The fact that this "work" is the work of killing millions around the world seems not to faze her. As long as the jobs are there, she sees it as net positive.

She's a bleeding-heart lefty in "social issues" (racism, sexism, protect the poor immigrants, protect the poor in other countries, etc). How she squares the circle that military jobs are primarily serving the purpose of killing the very constituencies she claims to support in other countries I will never know.

[–]Airbus320 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Really weird

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Utter incoherence. Who's surprised?

[–]AntiSemit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I will never know.

It's called the Imperialist-Interest. Bleeding-Heart Leftism is instinctual propaganda given out by Imperialist scum in order to justify their continued Imperialism. You want to test it? Read Marx, then destroy the LGBTQ movement from a Marxist perspective. Which is extraordinarily easy. After that, defend Pakistan literally killing Jews. The Imperialists will immediately expose themselves basically instantaneously.

https://saidit.net/s/conspiracy/comments/9670/imperialistpng/

This is a picture of a kike at work. According to Marxist-Leninist Theory, a Kike can be inferred to as the original form of European Imperialists. As you can see, the kike completely exposed himself by being a filthy concern-trolling heeb rat that he is.