‘Giveaway of Galactic Proportions’: Bezos Demands $10 Billion Taxpayer Gift for Vanity Space Project

Rather than waste $10 billion on a redundant space contract for Bezos, that money could be used to fund Social Security Disability, Medicare and Medicaid and the food stamps many of his own employees at Amazon and elsewhere have to rely on to make ends meet.

‘Giveaway of Galactic Proportions’: Bezos Demands $10 Billion Taxpayer Gift for Vanity Space Project

H/T: The Free

Bid for a higher military pay raise fizzles amid partisan fighting in Congress

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/07/12/bid-for-a-higher-military-pay-raise-fizzles-amid-partisan-fighting-in-congress/

President Donald Trump has repeatedly cited the 3.1 percent increase as evidence of his administration’s commitment to taking care of servicemembers. The 3.1 percent figure matches the long-established federal formula for keeping military pay in line with the gradual increase in private sector wages.

Trump Budget Showers Pentagon with Cash—Preparing for War? – Wilkerson & Jay

Trump’s budget more than doubles OCO war-fighting slush fund and proposes cutting social safety net by 9% at a time when White House rhetoric against Iran is heating up and Netanyahu, Mohammed bin Salman, and Trump all face corruption charges and challenges at home – Col. Wilkerson with Paul Jay
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