The Pentagon spends over $2,000,000,000 every single day.
Meanwhile, 40,000 veterans experienced homelessness last year.
What if "support our troops" meant reinvesting funds to actually provide veterans with basic necessities?
“America’s foreign policy today is guided by our military goals based not on legitimate defense concerns but on the expansion of market value for the defense industry. We are not exporting democracy, we’re expanding market share.”
Marianne Williamson
Yes ... like Housing ... Jobs ... Free College ... and ... a Basic Minimum Income! ... All we need is about 20 days of the Defense Budget ... That's certainly Doable!
30,000 dead from suicides since 9/11.
Federal gov't has known this for years.
And still veterans are seen as dispensible cannon fodder abroad and discarded trash at home.
Banana Republicana Americanus
But Mrs. Williamson, that could cut into the defense contractor's profit margin. Above all else, that cannot happen. Those rich guys getting richer is far too important. #sarcasm