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Military numbers seem grossly undervalued
$83 billion per month is almost $1 trillion per year. That sounds about right.
Oh dang, missed the part of this monthly.
Yup. FML
Right I thought the average size of a defense budget was just under a trillion lol
We don't know their dark money shush fund income or expenditure, and guess who's never passed an audit?
I would be shocked if they were earning a significant amount compared to federal funding. This is monthly, if you missed that like OP.