It looks like the military-industrial complex is ramping up it's propaganda

[dlk]

How many editorials and articles have we seen about the price tag for the reconciliation bill being far too high? Never mind we spend over twice that amount on the military and no one is questioning its exorbitantly high price tag. Funny how that works.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. "How are we going to pay for it??" is a question that doesn't apply to military expenses.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Or to tax cuts for the rich.

[WHITT]

2. Big Difference

The reconciliation legislation is PAID FOR.

Instead of saying the reconciliation bill will cost $3.5 Trillion, it should be the reconciliation bill will cost $0.00.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. That seems perplexing to us

Most people have been propagandized to believe that any reduction in military spending makes us "weak" and inviting of our destruction. How many times have Democrats tried to cut military spending only to have Republicans get all worked up.

[dlk]

7. The conversations around military spending aren't always rational

When so much money is involved…

[Mad_Machine76]

9. Right

Not rational either when people are always stoked up on fear and "American Exceptionalism"

[dlk]

10. Propaganda works

[former9thward]

20. OK, I'll bite.

How many times have Democratic leaders tried to cut military spending? I am not aware of any.

[Mad_Machine76]

21. Weren't some bases shut down under Clinton?

We didn't have any sustained military conflicts under him either. Not that it was really true, but remember how W. Bush's 2000 campaign claimed that Clinton had "gutted" the military. Iraq ended under Obama. I don't remember either of them advocating for huge increases in the military budget either. But maybe I'm misremembering. I'll also add that worship of the military and propaganda about military spending also affects Democrats too.

[former9thward]

22. Well the military budget generally has gone up with presidents of both parties.

On Iraq, we are still there. Obama tried to pull out and then put troops back in. The Iraq government has ordered us out and so we are supposed to be out by December 31 of this year. Hopefully we will be.

[2naSalit]

8. And now that our President has...

Essentially killed their cash cow in Afghanistan, it's war on Biden for starting the process of bringing the military back to some form of reasonableness. They like their corruption, damnit, and they will go after anyone who threatens it.

[dlk]

11. Exactly

As with so many things in life, it’s all about the money.

[2naSalit]

12. Because it brings about control over others.

The primary purpose of acquiring wealth.

[dlk]

13. It's about being able to act with impunity without any accountability

Rebelling against any regulation is about not being held accountable.

[2naSalit]

14. Well, yeah...

I knew my simple statement would be inadequate in describing the breadth and depth of the issue.

It's definitely the accountability thing also, emboldened by the tax-free status.

[dlk]

15. You were exactly right

Republicans want their own special version of an aristocracy.

[2naSalit]

19. Yup.

I was looking for that word just the other day and it escaped me! Aristocracy. Indeed.

[BeckyDem]

17. +1!!!

[BeckyDem]

16. Cori Bush @CoriBush: For half the cost of our annual military budget, we can have

Link to tweet

[crickets]

23. 👆👆

[dlk]

18. Bush gets to the heart of the matter

NT