The $858 billion military budget is $45 billion more than Biden requested, and a 10 percent increase over last year’s $778 billion authorization. It includes $800 million for the black hole that is Ukraine and also includes $10 billion for Taiwan. You can read a summary here. Only 5 GOP senators voted against the bill (H.R. 7776) in the Senate on Dec. 15. Only 35 GOP representatives voted against the final version in the House on Dec. 8. Both parties are the war party. Who benefits the most from the bill? Certainly not the American people. The merchants of death otherwise known as defense contractors are the big winners.

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