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Biden Signs $768B Defense Bill

Biden Signs $768B Defense Bill
Last updated Dec 31, 2021
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Facts

  • President Biden signed a $768B defense spending bill, increasing overall military spending by 5%.[1]
  • This includes a 2.7% pay raise for service members in 2022, and new processes for dealing with sexual assault in the military. [2]
  • The spending increase was backed by large bipartisan majorities.[3]
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Sources

[1] New York Post [2] Newsweek [3] AntiWar

Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

This funding is crucially needed to meet unprecedented aggression and threats from China and Russia.

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Establishment-critical narrative

This massive spending is primarily driven not by national security, but by lobbying from arms manufacturers. It harms medicare and grows the national debt.

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Establishment split

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