Trump seeks $1.5T for just defence, alongside domestic spending cuts

lerp-io 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

where do they get money for both moon and war at the same time?

	▲	dc396 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Loans, mostly. Artemis costs about $4 billion per mission, with around $90 billion already spent. The war in Iran is costing the US about $1 billion per day, so (as of today), $35 billion spent. The US debt is $39,000 billion ($39 trillion). So, combined, the entire Artemis program and war in Iran represent .32% of the US debt.
	▲	toomuchtodo 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Issuing US treasury debt to those still willing to buy it.
	▲	_adq2 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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Defence from what/whom? If US doesn't start a war at the opposite end of the world " in defence" there was no need.