They could easily pay for everything they need by getting rid of just one completely unnecessary major aircraft or weapons system that the Pentagon doesn't even want but which congress keeps forcing on them.
I'll bet that military spending figure is low-balled by as much as half, too. Everything's off the books these days. National security. And fuel, does that include fuel? The military uses almost as much fuel as the rest of the country combined.
Clearly, educating the children of our military men and women is not nearly as important as sending our military men and women off to fight wars. After all, you wouldn't want their progeny getting too uppity and not enlisting, would you?
Dems need to offer a stimulus bill which allocates a billion on DoD school upgrades/repair -- and then make the Repubs either vote against it or offset its costs with weapons system cuts.
I'll bet that military spending figure is low-balled by as much as half, too. Everything's off the books these days. National security. And fuel, does that include fuel? The military uses almost as much fuel as the rest of the country combined.