"It includes provisions to restrict access to abortion and transgender care for military members," said one advocacy group. "What an absolute disgrace."
The House passed an $886 billion military spending bill on Friday, with four Democrats joining Republicans. The bill contains several Republican amendments targeting abortion access, gender-affirming care, and climate policies. Progressives criticized the bill for allocating the largest military budget ever, failing to cut wasteful spending, and including amendments that attack women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and climate action. They urged the Senate to remove the “hateful measures” when reconciling the two chambers’ bills. The bill’s fate remains unclear as the Senate must still pass its own version and reconcile differences with the House bill.
All this talk of corpos and their precious quarterly record profits year after year but I feel like the military budget has been doing the exact same for much much longer
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All this talk of corpos and their precious quarterly record profits year after year but I feel like the military budget has been doing the exact same for much much longer
MIC go brrr
It has, but also huge amounts of the money goes directly to giant corporations like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin, Huntington Ingalls, etc.
Yeah contracts are the real goldmine