Debt ceiling hypocrisy: US boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor
Geopolitical Economy Report
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The US government has reached its debt limit of 31 trillion dollars. Peter Bergen: This is a political football that is used every few years to justify cutting government funding for the very few social programs that do exist. He says no one in Washington actually believes that the debt ceiling is important because they're willing every single year to keep increasing the military budget.
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