National Guard, Marine deployment in Los Angeles costs $134 million: Pentagon
National Guard, Marine deployment in Los Angeles costs $134 million: Pentagon
Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.
Well good thing the U.S. economy is rock solid at the moment, and we have excess money to burn.
Otherwise we might start seeing bipartisan anger at a president and administration who have spent $134 million dollars to force a state government to do what the federal government says, while undoing previous federal orders regarding civil rights bc they were an unjust burden to states and a waste of the American tax payer dollar.
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134 million to move 2700 troops. What the actual fuck.
Where you been?
This is how the military works. How you think they can set a trillion dollars on fire every year just to maintain parity with Russia and China? By being WILDLY overcharged for fuckin' everything that's how. The US Military is the worlds biggest money laundering operation.
Oh I knew it's bad, but when hearing that amount to move troops basically inside the same state just amplifies the wtf.
There's a jobs program in there somewhere.
And they aren’t even feeding or housing them.
This is how the industrial military complex survives by over billing for everything

Let me tell you about the mythical military pair of socks.
I'm letting you, go on...
Back in 80's an older relative in the military was going to be charged $400 for a missing screwdriver unless he found it. So he went down to a local hardware store and found the screwdriver for $4.
I'm sure the numbers were embellished, but I don't imagine by much.
On private charter flights courtesy of Global X I'm guessing.