The Congressional GOP is crying and wailing and gnashing its teeth that the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid are bankrupting the US government. But apparently there is more than enough money to not only boost US defense spending the additional $54 billion that Donald Trump asked for, but raising the pot an additional $80 billion — boosting the annual military budget to $700 billion, equal to the ten other highest military-spending countries in the world combined.
But heaven forfend we throw money around like drunken sailors (on new nuclear aircraft carriers) to help poor people get medical care. Or help people pay for college. Or actually invest in infrastructure projects. Or help the poor of our nation, or the world. Or avert climate change. Or any number of things that won’t fit a big Fourth of July parade for the President. Because, despite constant proclamations that the economy is the Biggest Economy Ever, times are tough, don’t you know, and we all need to tighten our belts.
Unless they’re military belts.
The Senate’s Military Spending Increase Alone Is Enough to Make Public College Free
Congress is on track for an eye-popping increase in military spending.
Sad, very sad and indeed.
It's so costly to study in the states. If they can allocate a big budget for the military why not appropriate the same funding for a free college education? There are so many americans who cannot afford to go to college.