Last week, President Donald Trump declared that the federal government cannot afford to spend “any money for day care” because “we’re fighting wars.” According to Trump, the well-being of America’s children is not a concern of the administration.
In 1982, I had a small mimeographed poster that I taped onto the front of my school 3 ring binder that read: It will great day when education gets all the money it needs and the military has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber. What has changed in 44 years? Apparently nothing, absolutely nothing. (Like the song says - War, huh, what is it good for? Nothing, absolutely nothing, say it again.)
But Prophet, in 44 years they have developed the technology needed to make Reagan's ABM shield a reality. It's a pretty amazing accomplishment, really. Back then everyone said it just couldn't be done. But GeeDubya fought to keep the program alive and here we are. It's not really what I had wanted for this country, but then I shouldn't be surprised as every candidate I've ever thought was worth a damn has lost.
Thank you and good morning!Sarcasm is my language. But honestly, we know the done works in Israel. We developed it and gave it to them. Of course Israel is much much much smaller. But what is size to friends?
This sets my hair on fire. I was a career budget manager with the Department of Defense. Even with very restrictive congressional controls over how money was authorized and appropriated, there were always some systems on which millions were spent on development and procurement only to die after become too “weighty” to be viable. There was no “slush fund” like Trump has dreamed up starting in the OBB. There is no visibility on how those funds are being spent. And that slush fund is HUGE in the 2027 budget request. It is unsustainable. And why are they asking for MORE money for the Iran war?????! Use what they already have. I could go on and on but I won’t. They are robbing us all blind.
The right answer that no politician of either party is willing to fight for is a Pentagon budget no larger than our next two rivals combined which would put it in the range of $500B. And given that Trump sees the next two spenders, China and Russia, as friends, then even that number is way too high. But never, ever forget, all of this bloated, wasteful, corrupt war profiteering, is a major jobs program across the country. And that's why audits don't matter and no amount of pissing money down a hole is too much. After all, no nation can survive without fighter planes like the F35 that cost millions and cannot fly in the rain.
So, here we finally are; at the conclusion of Ronnie's wet dream, the Strategic Defense Initiative. Nearly 40 years, and hundreds of billions of dollars (soon to be trillions of dollars) later and they have finally developed the technology needed to run such a system; which undoubtedly relies on AI Technology. And besides shitloads of petroleum, what else is needed to run massive AI programs (controlling drones, I'm venturing) enough to shield the US from ballistic missile rain? That's right.....huge computers (big energy suck) and the warehouses to put them in.
I am beginning to see the outlines of a bigger picture that includes massive warehouses of AI computers sucking down huge quatities of petroleum energy products to erect an invisible shield of protection around the US running on Elon Musk's Starlink.
You understand that none of this Trump, right? He is the head buffoon and bully, but is not leading this administration. Many times he has been caught during press questioning having no clue what is going on. Who aren't we hearing from? Those are the real leaders of our country, right now. Witkoff, Miller, Rubio, Vance....
He’s pretty far gone mentally. But when he speaks in person he helps it all..It’s not only people in the US behind this..it’s international..all the worst of the worst.
No increases until they (DoD) can pass an audit. No passing of the audit, no funding increase. No “creative” accounting either, no greased palms. Pass or FAIL to receive funding. Enough of the fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayers money.
Thank you. And the secretary of defense cannot even count the number of missiles in our stockpile and replenish when necessary. Yeah, give Sociopaths Inc. an open-ended budget enabled by the low IQ voters.
Of course it does... one thing about trump he wins even when he looses....what's the breaking point for his puppeteers? Oligarchs will only go so far with this clown but my guess is when they start loosing power advantage and, yes, even money they will shed him like the snakes they all are.. what and where is our power and advantage because we will never have the obscene amount of money that they have.... of course our country has all of that and that is what they are after ...
There is no doubt - none - that DOD won’t spend every cent as fast as possible. At the end of every fiscal year government agencies assess their budgets and spend any “use it or lose it” funds. (This is not confined to DOD or federal government.) It is not difficult for agencies to find unmet needs or unmet relevant ways to expend the money. That is not this administration. It sure isn’t Hegseth’s style.
“The Defense Department burned through $93 billion that month alone, signing checks left and right in order to dry up its congressionally allocated budget, according to a recent analysis by the government watchdog Open the Books.”
Burned is the correct term. It was taxpayers who were burned. A sampling of “the frivolous” spending reported in March by The New Republic included: $98,329 for a Steinway & Sons, $5.3 million for Apple devices, 2 million for Alaskan king crab and Several Million$ for lobster tail and more lobster tail.
Hiding behind patriotism & security while robbing us blind. That’s the plan. This is an all guns to butter; all circus and no bread regime.
Why, why, why does the republiCon party allow Trump’s latest completely psycho messages go out for the world to hear!? Trump is endangering all of our lives by being associated with this country. We will be the innocent victims of his war crime tirades.
In 1982, I had a small mimeographed poster that I taped onto the front of my school 3 ring binder that read: It will great day when education gets all the money it needs and the military has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber. What has changed in 44 years? Apparently nothing, absolutely nothing. (Like the song says - War, huh, what is it good for? Nothing, absolutely nothing, say it again.)
But Prophet, in 44 years they have developed the technology needed to make Reagan's ABM shield a reality. It's a pretty amazing accomplishment, really. Back then everyone said it just couldn't be done. But GeeDubya fought to keep the program alive and here we are. It's not really what I had wanted for this country, but then I shouldn't be surprised as every candidate I've ever thought was worth a damn has lost.
Thank you and good morning!Sarcasm is my language. But honestly, we know the done works in Israel. We developed it and gave it to them. Of course Israel is much much much smaller. But what is size to friends?
Oh, that old thing? Oh but our dome will be biggest, bestest golden dome the world has ever seen! Even the Saudi's will be jealous.
And of course ours will be trimmed in gold.
A Sarc, That is a fantastic poster, I wish I could buy that today
America is now one big grift.
Yep, he pretty much just came out and said "f**k those kids." Priorities.
This sets my hair on fire. I was a career budget manager with the Department of Defense. Even with very restrictive congressional controls over how money was authorized and appropriated, there were always some systems on which millions were spent on development and procurement only to die after become too “weighty” to be viable. There was no “slush fund” like Trump has dreamed up starting in the OBB. There is no visibility on how those funds are being spent. And that slush fund is HUGE in the 2027 budget request. It is unsustainable. And why are they asking for MORE money for the Iran war?????! Use what they already have. I could go on and on but I won’t. They are robbing us all blind.
Judy-the trump admin has to be removed, they ARE the enemy within. I don’t care how it’s accomplished.
The right answer that no politician of either party is willing to fight for is a Pentagon budget no larger than our next two rivals combined which would put it in the range of $500B. And given that Trump sees the next two spenders, China and Russia, as friends, then even that number is way too high. But never, ever forget, all of this bloated, wasteful, corrupt war profiteering, is a major jobs program across the country. And that's why audits don't matter and no amount of pissing money down a hole is too much. After all, no nation can survive without fighter planes like the F35 that cost millions and cannot fly in the rain.
Judd & Noel,
Nothing But The Facts!
Nobody reports like you. Nobody. Thank You Both!
This eye opener showing waste done at its fullest stench.
Pass this On! To every voter!
So, here we finally are; at the conclusion of Ronnie's wet dream, the Strategic Defense Initiative. Nearly 40 years, and hundreds of billions of dollars (soon to be trillions of dollars) later and they have finally developed the technology needed to run such a system; which undoubtedly relies on AI Technology. And besides shitloads of petroleum, what else is needed to run massive AI programs (controlling drones, I'm venturing) enough to shield the US from ballistic missile rain? That's right.....huge computers (big energy suck) and the warehouses to put them in.
I am beginning to see the outlines of a bigger picture that includes massive warehouses of AI computers sucking down huge quatities of petroleum energy products to erect an invisible shield of protection around the US running on Elon Musk's Starlink.
Of course the name Golden Dome is just the marketing name. It’s probably really called Skynet.
Trump is getting everything he wanted and it's horrifying.
You understand that none of this Trump, right? He is the head buffoon and bully, but is not leading this administration. Many times he has been caught during press questioning having no clue what is going on. Who aren't we hearing from? Those are the real leaders of our country, right now. Witkoff, Miller, Rubio, Vance....
Musk, Theil, Altman…
It all suits his delusions. They are players in his game for sure. He has moments of lucidity.
He’s pretty far gone mentally. But when he speaks in person he helps it all..It’s not only people in the US behind this..it’s international..all the worst of the worst.
No increases until they (DoD) can pass an audit. No passing of the audit, no funding increase. No “creative” accounting either, no greased palms. Pass or FAIL to receive funding. Enough of the fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayers money.
I would just leave it at NO INCREASES, only decreases!
Thank you. And the secretary of defense cannot even count the number of missiles in our stockpile and replenish when necessary. Yeah, give Sociopaths Inc. an open-ended budget enabled by the low IQ voters.
Of course it does... one thing about trump he wins even when he looses....what's the breaking point for his puppeteers? Oligarchs will only go so far with this clown but my guess is when they start loosing power advantage and, yes, even money they will shed him like the snakes they all are.. what and where is our power and advantage because we will never have the obscene amount of money that they have.... of course our country has all of that and that is what they are after ...
Gross, but it's why we keep fighting 😬
There is no doubt - none - that DOD won’t spend every cent as fast as possible. At the end of every fiscal year government agencies assess their budgets and spend any “use it or lose it” funds. (This is not confined to DOD or federal government.) It is not difficult for agencies to find unmet needs or unmet relevant ways to expend the money. That is not this administration. It sure isn’t Hegseth’s style.
“The Defense Department burned through $93 billion that month alone, signing checks left and right in order to dry up its congressionally allocated budget, according to a recent analysis by the government watchdog Open the Books.”
Burned is the correct term. It was taxpayers who were burned. A sampling of “the frivolous” spending reported in March by The New Republic included: $98,329 for a Steinway & Sons, $5.3 million for Apple devices, 2 million for Alaskan king crab and Several Million$ for lobster tail and more lobster tail.
Hiding behind patriotism & security while robbing us blind. That’s the plan. This is an all guns to butter; all circus and no bread regime.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pete-hegseth-blew-billions-fruit-215814027.html
Another stunning report from P.I. ! Shades of VietNam, but much worse. Thank you Judd and Noel!
Why, why, why does the republiCon party allow Trump’s latest completely psycho messages go out for the world to hear!? Trump is endangering all of our lives by being associated with this country. We will be the innocent victims of his war crime tirades.