Senator Bernie Sanders criticized his colleagues for prioritizing a nearly $1 trillion military budget over addressing national crises in housing and healthcare. He argued that the government can afford to fund the military but not essential services for working Americans.
on Monday derided those of his colleagues who claim it’s too expensive for the federal government to take ambitious action on national crises in housing and healthcare while simultaneously supporting a military budget that’s approaching $1 trillion a year.
“When we talk about increasing Social Security benefits, well, ‘we just can’t afford to do that. We just can’t afford to expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing, or vision. We just cannot afford to make higher education in America affordable.’ That’s what I hear every single day. When there’s an effort to improve life for the working class of this country, I hear, ‘No, no, no, we can’t afford it.
“I think it’s time to tell the military-industrial complex they cannot get everything they want,” the senator added. “It’s time to pay attention to the needs of working families.”Trump has made it no secret that he is planning a demolition-style attack on both specific communities and democracy as a whole, beginning on his first day in office.
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