Congress is about to make a very bad trade $1.5 TRILLION! THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING!
$1.5 trillion. That's what Republicans want for bombs, missiles, and contractors -- the largest military budget in American history, double what it was just five years ago. Here's the double-cross : To get it, they’re planning to gut the social contract -- diminishing the quality of life for most Americans. Social Security . Medicaid. Medicare. SNAP. The Affordable Care Act . Public transit. Housing assistance . Public health. They’re all on the chopping block. To create an arsenal aimed at the whole world, they’re devising a budget aimed at us . It's time for us to take back that money and put it where it belongs -- people, not Pentagon contractors. Republicans in Congress plan to pull together all that money in three steps : The NDAA: July 22. The House narrowly passed $1.15 trillion for defense. Senate Democrats blocked it, but Republicans are regrouping and coming back for more. Appropriations: $1.07 trillion for the Pentagon -- the largest appropriation ever...