In particular:
- Republicans indicate in the budget blueprint that they plan to use an accounting method to score the cost of permanently extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts at $0, after it was estimated to cost $4.6 trillion in a letter Thursday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation.
- The plan allows for an additional $1.5 trillion in tax cuts on top of that
- The budget plan also paves the way for $175 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement to carry out mass deportation
- $150 billion increase to military spending (a ~18% increase)
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Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
dugmeup@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Make America Bankrupt ... like a Trump Business
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Just read another article that says they're considering cutting 90,000 soldiers from the Army.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y
No big profit from soldiers. Lots of profit from weapons contracts
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Seeing the transition to autonomous AI driven weaponry. Robots don't require VA benefits.
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Good point.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
When the war comes, he'll just have a draft, and replace all those trained, experienced soldiers with green, involuntary, draftees.
Its almost like he wants to lose to the Russians and Chinese, but that couldnt be possible. /S
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
If meat grinder fodder is sufficient for Putin’s needs then Trump sees no reason not to do the same thing here.
BigMacHole@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
This has to be FAKE NEWS because REPUBLICANS told Me Trump's Agenda would HURT Us and I KNOW Republicans CARE about the Working Class and would NEVER EVER Lie to Us!