Economy Party of less government spending wants 1.5 trillion military budget

[idrankyourbeer]

Sounds less like a ballroom and more like a bunker…

Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom​

Trump Isn’t Building a Ballroom

When Trump announced a $300 million ballroom at the White House, something went off in my brain.

thedreydossier.substack.com

 

[Blunderbuss]

when charlie kirk got his brains blown out by (possibly) his gay lover

Wait what? Lol

 

[lsa]

Well I see the tariff thing is going great.

"More than 1,000 companies are reportedly suing the Trump administration over tariffs and demanding refunds, the Bloomberg reported on Thursday. A Chinese expert said as the US Supreme Court is set to make a ruling on the legality of these tariffs, the situation has highlighted the tariff's disruptive impacts on US economy." Global times (China)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-07/trump-tariffs-face-supreme-court-with-1-000-firms-seeking-refunds

Its pay wall.

I know its a Chines source so... But they are using Bloomberg article as their souce.
Since its free to read I will put it here

More than 1,000 companies reportedly suing Trump administration over tariffs and asking for refunds, highlighting damage to US economy - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/01/08/supreme-court-could-rule-on-tariffs-tomorrow-these-companies-are-already-in-court-for-possible-refunds/

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Trump calls for $1.5T budget for ‘dream military’

President Trump called on Congress to increase to the U.S. defense budget from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, arguing it will allow the country to build its “dream military.” “After long and diffic…

thehill.com

We already have a 1 trillion dollar budget for military, Trump wants a whopping 50% increase to that for next year. Fuck the deficit and debt I guess?

Republicans have consistently been worse about the deficit than the “tax and spend” democrats for a long while now. I don’t get how Republicans still have the messaging out there that they’re conservative with government spending.

Military industrial complex printing themselves more money.

Same shit in yurrp because but but pputin

 

[Siver!]

This is a problem. Military spending has all sorts of areas we need to address for cuts.

• Redundant programs
• programs that the military doesn't even want, but Congress votes for to their members' benefits
• massive excesses (not on personnel, but again on weapon systems)
• ship maintenance and builds because retired admirals want to profit, and they don't follow any decent Project Controls

I really don't want to hear about increased spending until these massive billions in unneeded spending are dealt with. This is a failure by the Trump administration.

In Russia, military spending was for decades just a way to reroute money to oligarchs.

You think it's any different in the US?

 

[Siver!]

Same shit in yurrp because but but pputin

Hmm, because Trump told them to?

 

[UberHere]

The country was better with more government. If you go back to the 50s and 60, when the economy was amazing, there were safety net programs galore.

If you want tiny government, move to Somalia.

You sound poor

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Wait what? Lol

it hasn't been ruled out and nobody has proved that it wasn't the result of a gay lovers spat, so there's that.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Well I see the tariff thing is going great.

"More than 1,000 companies are reportedly suing the Trump administration over tariffs and demanding refunds, the Bloomberg reported on Thursday. A Chinese expert said as the US Supreme Court is set to make a ruling on the legality of these tariffs, the situation has highlighted the tariff's disruptive impacts on US economy." Global times (China)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-07/trump-tariffs-face-supreme-court-with-1-000-firms-seeking-refunds

Its pay wall.

I know its a Chines source so... But they are using Bloomberg article as their souce.
Since its free to read I will put it here

More than 1,000 companies reportedly suing Trump administration over tariffs and asking for refunds, highlighting damage to US economy - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2026/01/08/supreme-court-could-rule-on-tariffs-tomorrow-these-companies-are-already-in-court-for-possible-refunds/

uhhhhh first they pass the tarriff costs on to the consumer and now they want to get paid again?

these are the same corporations who have done every trick in the book to fuck the consumer in the ass at the checkout counter ever since covid hit and now they just want to use the tarriffs as their next big shiny excuse to line their pockets some more.

will they be taking the money from the lawsuits and giving the money to the customers who bought their products with the marked up price tags? no? then fuck off.

and besides, even if they win they ain't gonna see a dime from deadbeat debtor don anyways. in the end they're just more contractors that will get stiffed by trump.

 

[Stoic1]

Republicans and Trump doing the opposite of what I want here.

 

[Prefect]

You sound poor

That is because you think rich looks like Trump.

 

[SurferH2O]

In Russia, military spending was for decades just a way to reroute money to oligarchs.

You think it's any different in the US?

It's probably not a whole lot different. I have real issues with military spending. Clearly, there is a lot of waste, abuse, and likely downright fraud.