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In December, lawmakers appropriated $858 billion in national defense funding — $45 billion more than Biden sought. That included $817 billion for the Pentagon, and billions more for nuclear weapons development through the Energy Department and other national security programs. Politico, 2/10/2023.

Congress threw $45 billion more at the Pentagon than it even asked for this year. That alone would have paid for adding hearing, dental, and vision coverage to Medicare for a year — a proposal abandoned with the excuse that it would have cost too much.

Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying $93.26 million for the Total Cost of War (National Priorities Project).

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