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What we can afford
Author: TriSec
Date: 12/28/2021 11:10:30
Good Morning.
Longtime readers of this space will remember the long-running "Cost of War" segment that once occupied this space. That's still ongoing (check the link), although we no longer routinely report on it.
Much debate has taken place in recent weeks over just what this country can afford during Covidian times. A non-democrat has torpedoed a hopeful project for the nation; there are still efforts to pick up the pieces, re-format, and try again.
ONE SENATOR has decided that the country can't afford to invest in itself. He alone has decided that all fifty states cannot have the benefits of updated infrastructure, improved rail, better internet connections, less reliance on fossil fuels, and a whole host of things that would benefit American society as a whole.
Honestly, that sounds like a YOU problem sir, not an US problem. But I digress.
Our peripatetic senator is balking over the dollar figure - according to the Congressional Budget Office, the figure for the bill approaches $3 billion dollars over the next nine years.
Ah well. If we can't afford it, we can't afford it.
But what CAN we afford, then? Oh, come on - THIS IS AMERICA!! Days before the statement referenced above, both the Senate (89-10) and the House (363-70) both agreed that we can always afford war.
To the tune of $777 billion next year. Not nine years like Build Back Better, NEXT YEAR.
I'm sorry, what did Eisenhower say?
Longtime readers of this space will remember the long-running "Cost of War" segment that once occupied this space. That's still ongoing (check the link), although we no longer routinely report on it.
Much debate has taken place in recent weeks over just what this country can afford during Covidian times. A non-democrat has torpedoed a hopeful project for the nation; there are still efforts to pick up the pieces, re-format, and try again.
ONE SENATOR has decided that the country can't afford to invest in itself. He alone has decided that all fifty states cannot have the benefits of updated infrastructure, improved rail, better internet connections, less reliance on fossil fuels, and a whole host of things that would benefit American society as a whole.
“I have always said, ‘If I can’t go back home and explain it, I can’t vote for it.’ Despite my best efforts, I cannot explain the sweeping Build Back Better Act in West Virginia and I cannot vote to move forward on this mammoth piece of legislation.
Honestly, that sounds like a YOU problem sir, not an US problem. But I digress.
Our peripatetic senator is balking over the dollar figure - according to the Congressional Budget Office, the figure for the bill approaches $3 billion dollars over the next nine years.
Ah well. If we can't afford it, we can't afford it.
But what CAN we afford, then? Oh, come on - THIS IS AMERICA!! Days before the statement referenced above, both the Senate (89-10) and the House (363-70) both agreed that we can always afford war.
To the tune of $777 billion next year. Not nine years like Build Back Better, NEXT YEAR.
President Joe Biden has signed into law a $777.7bn US annual military budget – his first in office – weeks after Congress overwhelmingly passed the bill amid protests from progressives and anti-war groups who had advocated for cutting military spending.
The White House announced that Biden signed the piece of legislation, formally known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), on Monday, noting that the bill includes a pay increase for the US armed forces.
The US Senate passed the bill in an 89-10 vote on December 15, days after the House of Representatives had approved it in a vote of 363-70.
On Monday, the White House expressed gratitude for the leading members of the armed services panels in the House and the Senate from both major parties. Congress allocated about $24bn more than the Biden administration had requested for the military.
I'm sorry, what did Eisenhower say?
