"This budget shifts the burden off of the wealthy and special interests and puts it squarely on the backs of the middle class and those struggling to get there " Democrats in Congress will emphatically oppose these cuts and urge our Republican colleagues to reject them as well," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
Notice what's missing? Like other Democratic leaders, Schumer's beef is with Trump's proposed cuts to the arts, EPA and other domestic spending, and the tax cuts. He doesn't say boo about the defense increase.
As usual, Bernie Sanders was better than other Democrats. But even he didn't explicitly reject the idea of a military increase on its face.
As we move past Memorial Day -- the holiday when we remember the war dead, the vast majority who died not to defend America but to oppress people in other countries who never posed a threat to the United States -- we should reconsider the assumption that all military spending is good spending.
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