yeah. in a supposedly divided congress they gave bipartisan support to spending even more money on bombs and bullet, humvees and fighter jets. look at the future projection on this graph. defense spending goes up in the ten years from 2025-2035. it is a regrettable fact of life in america that we argue over funding for health care and to address child hunger and save the planet's ability to sustain human life but, hey. quickly and quietly passing hundreds of billions to blow things up and interfere in conflicts overseas. for that lawmakers say no problem. count me in. that's more than $7 trillion for defense over the ten years which is double what senator bernie sanders has been pushing for in the budget reconciliation bill. funny that we never count defense spending over ten years. only child care. but those are america's warped priorities. why do we spend so much on f-35 fighter jets that often don't work but not on universal pre-k