No to massive a military budget
The Trump administration has asked Congress to increase the military budget to $1.5 trillion. The 2025 budget was $920 billion. Let’s remember Trump and the GOP Congress cut money for school lunch programs, cut funds for food pantries, kicked people off Medicaid and made health care premiums for 4 million people unaffordable last year while still running up a deficit of $1.7 trillion. What would they cut to pay a fraction of the deficit this increase would cause?
Why would the country need to increase the defense budget by $600 billion? The only logical reason is to start wars that dwarf the war with Iran. This is of no benefit to anyone that is not a military contractor.
If we are to increase spending it should be on things that help working families. America would be better off restoring President Biden’s Child Tax Credit which reduced child poverty by 10%. We could subsidize the cost of child care. We could restore the subsidies to health insurance premiums initiated under President Biden. We could stop kicking people off of the food stamp/SNAP program when they lose their job or have their hours cut.
If you do not want presidents creating endless wars and cutting spending on programs that help you, tell your members of Congress to vote against this massive increase in military spending.