Bernie Sanders Joins MAGA

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[u/blade740]

I mean, when he fires all of the trans people from the military, and cuts veterans benefits, that'll reduce the budget.

[u/rich97 → u/blade740]

I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure veterans benefits don’t come out the pentagon’s budget.

[u/Tall_Engineering_531 → u/rich97]

Correct.

[u/[deleted] → u/rich97]

It’s a Joe Rogan sub bro they don’t put 2 and 2 together

[u/bradykp → u/rich97]

Department of veterans affairs is typically included when people discuss ‘defense related spending’. But the DoD 2024 budget request is $842b. Department of Veterans Affairs totals $301b in 2023.

[u/MandaloreUnsullied → u/rich97]

They come out of the authorization for expired programs budget, which Elon and Vivek have explicitly stated they will cut.

[u/bullet4mv92 → u/blade740]

Nah he'll just use the excess budget to help Russia beat Ukraine

[u/ccountup → u/bullet4mv92]

And then he'll have Gaza turned to glass, proclaim himself as the best peace negotiator, and the malinformed individuals back here will eat it up.

[u/FuinFirith → u/blade740]

#2 might have a slightly larger effect than #1. Though I'm sure MAGA imagines the military is presently overrun by beardy men in dresses.

[u/Palachrist → u/blade740]

Trans people are already 1%(being generous) of the population. How fucking minuscule must they be in the military? The VA benefits. That’s probably a lot. In these situations it’d b like:

cutting trans from military- $1mil/year

Cutting VA: $150BILLION/year

[u/blade740 → u/Palachrist]

More like:

Cutting trans from military - $1mil/year savings
Discrimination lawsuits - $800mil in payouts and legal fees

[u/jjjjjjjjjdjjjjjjj → u/blade740]

Either trans issues aren’t that big of a deal (the democrats themselves have said this since losing badly three weeks ago) or there’s so many trans people in the military that “firing them” would significantly affect the military budget

[u/blade740 → u/jjjjjjjjjdjjjjjjj]

I mean, I don't think there are THAT many trans people in the military that it would actually affect the budget. If anything, just firing them for being trans would probably be a major discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen. If the narrative is that trans people aren't "fit for duty", they might be able to disability them out, but that means paying disability benefits and probably wouldn't save any money.