Screwing Average Joe
The Young Turks
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The Problem With Prioritizing Nuclear Weapons Over Boosting Institutions
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's annual report showed a 3.7% overall increase in worldwide military expenditures to $2.24 trillion in 2022. The only thing we gave more tax dollars to is Medicare and health overall at $27.1 for every dollar, okay? We spent 5.4 cents on every dollar for veterans, 2.5 cents for housing and community,. You get the point. What we tend to prioritize is funneling money from the taxpayer to a small number of private military contractors. And I think that we're seeing the outcome of that system in these numbers as they speak.
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