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[–] 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The US now has its first privately funded military.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I think that's what this administration want us to think, but in reality

    White House officials said that covering the cost of military pay for the first half of October totaled about $6.5 billion. Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the American Enterprise Institute

    FFS, could the news media go more than two sentences without treating a right wing hack organization like a serious viewpoint, fuck

    Ugh, whatever, sorry for interrupting, do some middle school level math for us Todd

    Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, said that based on that figure, the new donation will cover about one-third of one day’s pay for the force.

    So, yeah, this is a dumb stunt designed to get us to think they just privatized the military, but it's actually empty bullshit

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