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Sanders Rips Lawmakers Saying 'We Don't Have the Money' While Backing $900 Billion for Military (www.commondreams.org)
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"I think it's time to tell the military-industrial complex they cannot get everything they want," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "It's time to pay attention to the needs of working families."

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[-] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

the US already allocates $1.5 trillion for direct healthcare spending

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

If you don't like healthcare as an example, choose anything else that helps the working class. I don't just mean adding new money either, but how eager they are to make cuts to existing programs.

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