It's people who are to blame.

Instead of voting for people who profit from war, they should vote for people who profit from the universal healthcare, childcare, absence of poverty.

I had to look up the bridge dollar amount because I thought that was way too low. Turns out that it's very accurate.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/sd2024.cfm

We really do suck on what gets prioritized.

Poor and POC have been yelling about this for over 100 years. We were told to get some bootstraps and to stop looking for handouts. The Pentagon can't account for 60% of its already spent money and they want another $200 billion to kill poor brown people overseas? At least if they bombed us we'd be getting to see our tax dollars in person, if even for a milliseconds. Bets slowly dying in the world's best and wealthiest nation.

But think of the children!

Don't forget that they also always want tax cuts - especially for the rich. Trump's platform both elections have promised significant tax reductiona for personal and business taxes - and delivered (one of the few campaign promises he's kept to).

You whiners are losing sight of the big-picture, important stuff, like the unmitigated scandal where Hunter Biden once received a drink on the house.

Just imagine if we had health coverage that wasn't tied to our jobs. If you had enough money to live on you could -- gasp -- quit your job and couch it up or find a different one. Can't have that though, because that's too much like actual freedom.

See, the issue is that war is the business with the biggest margin.

That, and the added benefit of putting all the world in a state of survival which is seldom conductive of thoughtful reflection but rather throws most people Intl mindless consumption nowadays.

As long as they have streaming services most people will shrug off the sad and dangerous state of affairs, simply because its easier and confortable.

Are those figures to end those things for good or just a year?

I agree with the sentiment just curious about the figures.

And I thought the US was a $200B damage hurricane away from debt collapse

Can someone please introduce a $200b bill for some of these things at the same time Pete puts out his hand?

Funny how money shows up instantly for some things, but disappears for others 🤔

We could do all of that, and fix all the roads, and build high-speed rail, but no, pedophiles need more private islands and mega yachts

This is a really huge amount of money, FYI. Itemization of it isn't yet available until it gets to congress, but some estimates of $30B-$50B are for "regional/global needs" that are essentially repairs/reconstruction of previous capabilities now lost. If your loving congresscritters don't pay, then China will take over GCC. ROC/Japan allotments are unlikely to be prioritized, but then likely to leave US orbit. China has seriousfaced offered Taiwan peaceful reunification in exchange for some sweet LNG.

lmao why even pay taxes when they are just wasting it