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[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Military numbers seem grossly undervalued

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

$83 billion per month is almost $1 trillion per year. That sounds about right.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh dang, missed the part of this monthly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Right I thought the average size of a defense budget was just under a trillion lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We don't know their dark money shush fund income or expenditure, and guess who's never passed an audit?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I would be shocked if they were earning a significant amount compared to federal funding. This is monthly, if you missed that like OP.