Earlier this year, seemingly inside of a day, the normally deadlocked U.S. government approved an $800B+ budget for the U.S. military. That's the base price, not including money for actual wars and not including "black budgets" for spy agencies. The Congress even threw in more than the Pentagon had asked for, just for shits and giggles.<fn> A few weeks ago, the ruling classes of the United States decided to spend an additional $40B on the Ukraine conflict, <a href="https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3488795-40b-for-ukraine-what-us-money-will-be-spent-on.html">over 3/4 of it for weapons and military support.</a> On Friday, Joe Biden signed an 8.5% increase in Medicare premiums, mostly to pay for an Alzheimer's medication from a private-sector company that didn't even end up being covered. This is maddening, no? Even if you don't believe in conspiracy theories that make you even madder, this is maddening enough. Enough for what? There are so many foolish people who can't believe that people stormed the Capital Building on Jan.6th, 2021. I can't believe it isn't happening <i>every day</i>. <hr> <ft>Nah, it was to pay back their generous benefactors in the "defense" industry</ft>