Why only 10%?
Bernie Sanders
 @SenSanders
25 Jun 2020
Why do we spend more on the military than the next 11 nations combined? I have a better idea: Cut Pentagon spending by 10% and invest it in the fight to end homelessness, hunger and poverty in the richest country on Earth. nitter.vloup.ch/i/broadcasts/1DX…

Jun 25, 2020 · 8:09 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @KyleKulinski
You know the war machine will go into full meltdown if the number is too big. The military industrial complex must keep making money on killing.
Replying to @marwilliamson @KyleKulinski
I say cut it by a third.
Replying to @marwilliamson
minimum of 50%!
Replying to @marwilliamson
It’s a start.
Replying to @marwilliamson
He knows that he needs to start at a point, where it is realistic and possible to achieve a result
Replying to @marwilliamson @KyleKulinski
Gotta start somewhere.
Replying to @marwilliamson @KyleKulinski
My guess he missed a 0 somewhere
Replying to @marwilliamson @KyleKulinski
His point is that just 10% would pay for all of those things.
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#babysteps
Replying to @marwilliamson
Consider that we double the military spending every decade, I'll take any decrease in funding we can get.
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