Biden proposes Pentagon spending increase

[Brenda]

Man, do I ever, ever disagree with Biden on this one...up 3.2% at a time like this!

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2023/03/09/biden-proposes-pentagon-spending-increase-with-industrial-base-focus/

WASHINGTON — Defense Department spending would surge to $842 billion in fiscal 2024, up 3.2% over FY23, under the budget proposal released by the Biden administration Thursday.

The administration issued only limited details, but spotlighted $9.1 billion in proposed investments for the Pentagon’s Pacific Deterrence Initiative, meant to bolster U.S. force posture in the region amid increasing tensions with China. The spending plan also includes $37.7 billion for the Defense Department to continue modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

“This budget cements our commitment to confronting global challenges and keeping America safe,” President Joe Biden wrote in an accompanying message to Congress. “It outlines crucial investments to out-compete China globally and to continue support for Ukraine in the face of unprovoked Russian aggression.”

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The document stated that the budget “continues the recapitalization of the Nation’s strategic ballistic missile submarine fleet while investing in the submarine industrial base” and makes “meaningful investments in improving the lethality and survivability of the fleet, particularly improving undersea superiority.” That includes “the recapitalization and optimization of the four public Naval Shipyards to meet future submarine and carrier maintenance requirements.”

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More disgusting waste of taxpayers money at link

But what a paragraph at the link about the hypocritical dumbfuck repubs:

The defense spending proposal is expected to face harsh criticism from Republicans lawmakers, both for being too small to meet global threats and too large to meet deficit reduction goals.

[montanacowboy]

1. WTF???????????

Joe! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Elessar Zappa]

2. It might be necessary due

to the help we’re providing to Ukraine. I’ll withhold judgment on this one.

[Brenda]

4. $6 billion for Ukraine

leaves $836 billion, kind of like a drop in the billion dollar bucket.

Not a math wiz, so somebody tell me what that percentage is.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. But we're also donating tons of equipment

that has to be replaced. Whatever the case, I’ll trust Biden’s judgment.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. You do you.

I’m done here.

[The Magistrate]

3. That People Make Money Off It, Ma'am

Says nothing about whether it is or is not sound policy at present.

[NutmegYankee]

6. Upgrading the public shipyards (Navy owned, Navy Civilian Staffed) is a great idea.

They have been allowed to decay far too much. Call me a socialist all you want, but governments should build and repair their own warships. There is no civilian market for nuclear powered submarines.