National Guard roams Washington with no end in sight to $1 million-per-day deployment
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/national-guard-washington-dc-deployment-no-end-in-sight-b2961086.html
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lemmyng@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 125d
$1 million of OUR tax dollars
Kalothar@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 125d
There is no way this is just one million, I would bet my bottom tax dollars there are some contractors making so much money off this.
Could be as simple as sanitation contracts for handling the excess waste produced.
Lydia_K@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 125d
1 million per day - I think you missed the per day part.
And yes, you are 100% correct, a lot of people are making bank.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 124d
just for the troops but probably not including everything else to keep the troops deployed there.
Pistachio@lemmy.zip · 38 pts · 125d
They're still doing this??
jacksilver@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 124d
Yeah, and have had zero effect on anything. It's such a waste of money and resources. Just having these people pick up garbage would be a better use of their time.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 20 pts · 125d
Are they getting paid?
otp@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 125d
Isn't it a relatively safe assumption that that's why it's a costly deployment?
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 32 pts · 125d
The US government is fully capable of spending an insane amount of money on something that doesn't result in working people getting one thin dime.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 125d
Not with this management.
Madu@fedinsfw.app · 4 pts · 124d
Not at all.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 125d
Yes.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 124d
I don't understand how Trump is able to spend billions and billions on his bullshit expenses, like the refitting of his private airforce one bribe, the ballroom, ICE, national guard etc, while previous presidents were constricted with spendings for even basic things. And so far Trump has been filling his pockets with billions of tax payer money as well. Where did all the money come from, if it previously didn't exist?
RidderSport@feddit.org · 7 pts · 124d
Debt my guy, debt
fira@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 124d
I reminded them they’re the baddies every time I see them