"Few in the media have noticed, but the White House is proposing a fiscal 2022 Pentagon budget of $715 billion. That's a 1.6% increase from 2021's $704 billion, but it's a cut in the military's spending power assuming likely inflation of more than 2%. Non-defense domestic discretionary spending will surge 16%, with the Education Department rising 41%, Health and Human Services 23% and the Environmental Protection Agency 21%.
With Mr. Biden proposing a separate $2.3 trillion for "infrastructure," you'd think the Pentagon would be included. Aircraft and naval ships are certainly more justified as public works than subsidies to buy Teslas. Mr. Biden is making a conscious statement about his party's political priorities: butter and more butter, but less for guns." [1]
1. 1. Biden's Defense Budget Squeeze
Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]19 Apr 2021: A.16.
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