Judd Legum1. A few days ago, Congress and Biden approved $858 BILLION in military spending with almost no public discussion or debate.
That's $858,000,000,000
Follow along for FACTS about HOW this money is spent and WHY
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2. More than HALF of all military spending ($452 BILLION) will go to private defense contractors
nhb@juddlegum I think some have referred to this as “socialism” — though by definition they are inaccurate/wrong — they are the same people who don’t want the government to make investments in technology that would keep us out of wars…