#USA spends more #money on #defense #military than ever but get's less for it? (#corruption of #industrialmilitarycomplex)

#ChatGPT: Short answer: broadly yes — #defensespending is at record levels, but long‑standing procurement inefficiencies, cost overruns, supply‑chain fragility, concentrated contractors, and political incentives mean #taxpayer often get less capability per dollar than expected

#DoD in 2025 totals $850 billion https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61017 https://www.stimson.org/2024/current-defense-plans-require-unsustainable-future-spending/

He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.

But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.

This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.

He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.

Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/

#USpol #trump #IAmDB

"Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough dealt a major setback to Republicans on Saturday by ruling that their plan to provide hundreds of millions of #taxpayer dollars for Trump’s #ballroom violated the Senate’s Byrd Rule and could not pass the Senate with a simple majority."

The Hill https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-gop-looking-off-ramp-100000946.html

#DumpTrump #taxpayer #ripoff #January6th

Proposed Compensation Fund: Trump has discussed creating a formal compensation fund for rioters, suggesting they should be paid for "suffering," lost jobs, and lost income resulting from their prosecutions. Reports indicate this fund could involve up to $1.7 billion in taxpayer money to settle claims from those "harmed by weaponization" of the legal system.

The demented mob boss wants to reward the pieces of shit who stormed the Capitol ....

#PaulineHanson claimed $16,000 for private charter despite claiming floods tour was at ‘no cost to #taxpayer’.

#GinaRinehart’s #OneNation leader & #BarnabyJoyce flew on #GinaRinehart’s plane from the #SunshineCoast to #MountIsa before taking charter to tour flood-affected communities. #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/15/pauline-hanson-one-nation-claimed-for-private-charter-claimed-at-no-cost-to-taxpayer-ntwnfb