Source: OtherWords
by Chisom Okorafor
“With an annual budget rapidly approaching $1 trillion, the Pentagon already gets more discretionary tax dollars than any other agency. Now congressional Republicans are proposing to hike that figure by anywhere from $100 billion to $150 billion, while slashing funding for programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that help keep Americans on their feet. Lawmakers have it backwards: We need to invest more in those programs and less in the Pentagon, which simply can’t account for how it’s spending our money. We have to curb our endless spending on the military, and put that money back into our real needs, like creating jobs, educating students, protecting our planet, and much more. Late last year, the Pentagon failed its mandatory audit, yet again. This isn’t the first time this has happened, either; in fact, the Pentagon has failed every audit it’s ever undergone.” (02/20/25)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pentagon-contractors-waste