Members of the hardline House Freedom Caucus are pushing to cut spending to a fiscal 2022 level of $1.47 trillion, $120 billion less than President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to in their May debt ceiling compromise.
With Republicans also seeking higher spending on defense, veterans benefits and border security, analysts say the hardline target would mean cuts of up to 25% in areas such as agriculture, infrastructure, science, commerce, water and energy, and healthcare.
We can’t do that, we need to replace everything we sent to Ukraine!
Obligatory: I’m not against supporting Ukraine, but you have to admit that it’s a very nice for them that there’s a war going on. It allows all of those countries to get rid of their old stocks of equipment that they’ve had no justification to replace. I think military spending will only increase.
It’s funny because that’s likely what they’ll say.
Even though all the stuff sent to Ukraine so far has basically been outdated surplus equipment that the military can’t sell to anyone else.