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[-] grte@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 month ago

Yes it sure is. Hide the aid in the unauditable US defence budget and the US gets to hide the extent to which they support Israel and Israel gets to pretend like it isn't a literal welfare state.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

unauditable US defence budget

Crazy how that budget is just a black hole and nobody can do anything about it. Wish the legislature had some kind of oversight ability, or at least the power to control how money is spent.

[-] SayJess 16 points 1 month ago

A “power of the purse”, if you will. That would have been a good idea.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

the real crazy part is how congress keeps chucking increasingly larger amounts of money into said "black hole"

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

They have the power. They don't want the responsibility of exercising it.

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