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They have $650 billion of foreign exchange at the moment. that's the fourth largest of any country. it's 50% more than their total foreign debt. they only hold 16% of it in dollars. the rest is in euros, rmb, in gold, and all kinds of other stuff. by comparison, we are a reserve currency so it is not a fair comparison. we hold $250 billion in foreign reserves. he has the firepower, so to speak, the economic firepower, if you will, to withstand a fair amount of sanctions. lastly, just for interest, in terms of his military, they also spend roughly the same percentage of their budget on the mili...

He's saying that he wanted lawmakers to prioritize some of these social safety net programs. >> i think it's laughable. he just voted for $778 billion military budget. more than what was even asked for. i didn't hear him asking for the same playing field as he's asking -- he didn't put the same prescriptions or demands, if you will, on that military budget as he is doing on build back better. and amara, this is the going. people have been talking about the stats of west virginia, how people are suffering in that state. people are suffering all over this country. but it is very clear that mr. m...

778-billion dollars bill. this just came in. it establishes a commission. you can expand on this. it will investigate the afghanistan withdrawal and make changes to the military justice system. what we know about the commission that will be doing this is that it's a 16 member bipartisan group. they will study the u.s. involvement in afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. they will report their progress to congress and officials involved in the war are barred from serving. we know the pentagon is conducting this review. the state and defense department are looking into the withdrawal as well with their...

Cash, by the way, not for themselves, but to pay for classroom improvements, to pay for flexible seating such as standing desks or document cameras so they can upload lessons online. why? why should they have to do that in the richest country in the history of the world? in recent decades republicans have gutted our public services, often with democratic party support or at least with very little democratic resistance. and so you will be shocked, shocked to hear, that south dakota, a deep red state, ranks 29th in the country in pre-k through 12 education, 38 for student spending, and 50th in t...

States and d.c. remember, this is a choice to not spend on our kids, to not pay our teachers, to not invest in education. we have the money. the senate right now is about to pass a $778 billion bill to fund the department of defense, a bill already passed in the house. but spend some of that money on schools or teachers? no, no, no. it is squid game for them.