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Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec
Date: 12/08/2025 22:49:26
Good Morning.
Let's back into this, mmm?
It's that time of year. The annual military budget is up for review by our Congresscritters. Project 2025 is front and center, of course.
I wonder what we could do with just the additional $8 billion - nevermind the base $892 billion. One source (not vetted) suggests that the subsidies the Repugs so gleefully cut cost up to $91 billion....but as always, your mileage may vary.
But remember this website? A longtime staple here during the 'Warron Terra'....let's see what it's up to now.
We find today's Cost of War passing through:
$ 10, 650, 196, 000, 000
As the website itself notes: "Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying
$93.26 million for Total Cost of War on Terror."
So, how about it?
For Military, taxpayers in the United States are paying $920.81 billion. Here's what those tax dollars could have paid for instead:
? 6.89 million Registered Nurses for 1 Year, or
? 105.18 million Public Housing Units for 1 Year, or
? 8.64 million Livable Wage Jobs for a Single Parent with Two Children for 1 Year, or
? 405.33 million People Receiving SNAP Benefits for 1 Year, or
? 9.79 million Elementary School Teachers for 1 Year, or
? 11.12 million Firefighter Positions for 1 Year, or
? 53.58 million Head Start Slots for Children for 1 Year, or
? 50.27 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for 1 Year, or
? 22.5 million Scholarships for University Students for 4 Years, or
? 24.64 million Borrowers Receiving Federal Student Loan Forgiveness for 1 Year, or
? 264.22 million Children Receiving Medicaid for 1 Year, or
? 55.12 million People Receiving Paid Parental Leave for 1 Year, or
? 171.35 million Adults Receiving Medicaid for 1 Year, or
? 1.74 billion Households with Solar Electricity for 1 Year
I wonder what it's like to live in a real country these days?
Let's back into this, mmm?
It's that time of year. The annual military budget is up for review by our Congresscritters. Project 2025 is front and center, of course.
House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the final version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill text released Sunday, saying it further promotes President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda while eliminating a provision on IVF and undoing “woke” policies from the Biden administration.
The 3,086 page bill that could be voted on as soon as this week and typically passes Congress on bipartisan lines has a budget request that adds $8 billion to the $892.6 billion initially requested in Trump’s budget.
“This year’s National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President Trump and Republicans’ Peace Through Strength Agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump’s executive orders, ending woke ideology at the Pentagon, securing the border, revitalizing the defense industrial base, and restoring the warrior ethos,” Johnson said in a statement.
“This legislation includes important House-passed provisions to ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world and can deter any adversary. It roots out Biden-era wokeism in our military and restores merit-based promotions and admissions to service academies, prohibits contracts with partisan firms, counters antisemitism, and halts harmful, unnecessary programs like CRT, DEI, and climate initiatives,” the Speaker added.
I wonder what we could do with just the additional $8 billion - nevermind the base $892 billion. One source (not vetted) suggests that the subsidies the Repugs so gleefully cut cost up to $91 billion....but as always, your mileage may vary.
But remember this website? A longtime staple here during the 'Warron Terra'....let's see what it's up to now.
We find today's Cost of War passing through:
As the website itself notes: "Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying
$93.26 million for Total Cost of War on Terror."
So, how about it?
For Military, taxpayers in the United States are paying $920.81 billion. Here's what those tax dollars could have paid for instead:
? 6.89 million Registered Nurses for 1 Year, or
? 105.18 million Public Housing Units for 1 Year, or
? 8.64 million Livable Wage Jobs for a Single Parent with Two Children for 1 Year, or
? 405.33 million People Receiving SNAP Benefits for 1 Year, or
? 9.79 million Elementary School Teachers for 1 Year, or
? 11.12 million Firefighter Positions for 1 Year, or
? 53.58 million Head Start Slots for Children for 1 Year, or
? 50.27 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for 1 Year, or
? 22.5 million Scholarships for University Students for 4 Years, or
? 24.64 million Borrowers Receiving Federal Student Loan Forgiveness for 1 Year, or
? 264.22 million Children Receiving Medicaid for 1 Year, or
? 55.12 million People Receiving Paid Parental Leave for 1 Year, or
? 171.35 million Adults Receiving Medicaid for 1 Year, or
? 1.74 billion Households with Solar Electricity for 1 Year
I wonder what it's like to live in a real country these days?
