Our country’s military budget for this year is a staggering $782 billion.
President Biden is asking for $813 billion — an additional $31 billion — for next year.
And Republicans (along with some Democrats) in Congress are pressing for even more than that.
- Many politicians are citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as justification to funnel even more of our tax dollars to the already bloated military-industrial complex.
- But $813 billion is more than 13 times what Russia spends on its military.
- In fact, it’s more than the combined spending of the next 13 countries on the list — China, India, Russia, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Australia, Israel, and Canada.
Throwing ever more money at the Pentagon is not about supporting the troops, improving national security, or making the world safer for democracy.
It is about members of Congress using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an excuse to funnel even more of our tax dollars to their friends at Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman.
Tell Congressional Democrats:
Throwing more money at the Pentagon — which is replete with waste and fraud, and which is unable to pass an audit — does not make our country safer. Do not allow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to be used as an excuse to funnel even more of our tax dollars to the military-industrial complex.
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- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
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