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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 hours ago

This is a 5% increase on normal balance budget items and as 15% increase on social off book stuff. Then includ me inflation. That a lot of fithly rich fucks skimming an unsustainable amount off future resources.

There is absolutely no excuse for a country as wealthy as America with its global reach to not to be adequately funded.

The cutting never nuders. Sporting our long sleeves. Pressing the blade ever deeper

We are nation of self harm, sliding ever deeper, a chronic crisis we refuse to address with the seriousness it requires.