Republicans continually slammed President Barack Obama for not making enough investments in the military. Despite the national defense budget already $600 billion, the largest in the world, the GOP wants even more military spending, including President Donald Trump.
By the end of Trump’s first term in office, the Pentagon budget will top $700 billion, more than several other nations combined. The military-industrial complex is certainly raking in the dough.
Madness!
Also, let’s be clear: buying a tank is defense spending, but bombing foreign countries is military spending.
Anyway, Andrew Heaton of Reason TV posted a hilarious video about how “we’re spending too much on defense.”
Here is the clip:
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