• multitotal@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    This. The US defense industry is its own beast. I think if a president tried to cut 9/10 of the DoD budget they’d get coup’d.

    • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      that’s only the earmarked budget too… it typically takes in 1.2x to even 2x that amount… so really it would be cutting their budget almost in half at most