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"Affordability"? No problem.ReutersSenate backs massive increase in military spendingThe Hill NewsSenate passes 0B defense bill Jordain Carney Also One of the most controversial proposals put forward by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential campaign was a pledge to make tuition free at public colleges and universities. Critics from both parties howled that the pie-in-the-sky idea would bankrupt the country. Where, after all, would the money come from? Such concerns were brushed aside on Monday night, as the Senate overwhelmingly approved an billion annual increase in military spending, enough to have fully satisfied Sanders’ campaign promise.... To put that in further perspective: if the package becomes law, U.S. military spending would exceed the total spending of
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"Affordability"? No problem.ReutersSenate backs massive increase in military spendingThe Hill NewsSenate passes 0B defense bill Jordain Carney Also One of the most controversial proposals put forward by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential campaign was a pledge to make tuition free at public colleges and universities. Critics from both parties howled that the pie-in-the-sky idea would bankrupt the country. Where, after all, would the money come from? Such concerns were brushed aside on Monday night, as the Senate overwhelmingly approved an billion annual increase in military spending, enough to have fully satisfied Sanders’ campaign promise.... To put that in further perspective: if the package becomes law, U.S. military spending would exceed the total spending of
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Senate backs massive increase in military spending
The Hill News
Senate passes $700B defense bill
Jordain Carney
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One of the most controversial proposals put forward by Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential campaign was a pledge to make tuition free at public colleges and universities. Critics from both parties howled that the pie-in-the-sky idea would bankrupt the country. Where, after all, would the money come from?
Such concerns were brushed aside on Monday night, as the Senate overwhelmingly approved an $80 billion annual increase in military spending, enough to have fully satisfied Sanders’ campaign promise....
To put that in further perspective: if the package becomes law, U.S. military spending would exceed the total spending of its next 10 rivals put together, going off of 2016 military spending estimates from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Put another way, with a $700 billion military budget, the U.S. would be spending more than three times as much as China on its military, and ten times as much as Russia.
According to SIPRI, the U.S. already accounts for more than a third of all military spending:The share of world military expenditure of the 15 states with the highest spending in 2016. (Credit, SIPRI)
Or, to think about it another way, with $80 billion a year you could make public colleges and universities in America tuition-free. In fact, Sanders’ proposal was only estimated to cost the federal government $47 billion per year....The Intercept
The Senate’s Military Spending Increase Alone Is Enough to Make Public College Free
Alex Emmons