The Senate is set to pass a bill that cuts $1.7 trillion mostly from domestic spending, while providing $1.5 trillion in tax breaks to the top 5% of taxpayers. This legislation also adds $150 billion to an already inflated Pentagon budget, which nears $1 trillion. It prioritizes military spending over social welfare, allocating significant funds for projects like the Golden Dome. Experts criticize missile defense projects as ineffective and refer to them as a long-term strategy that has failed over decades.
"Over the last 60 years, the United States has spent more than $350 billion on efforts to develop a defense against nuclear-armed ICBMs. This effort has been plagued by false starts and failures, and none have yet been demonstrated to be effective against a real-world threat... Missile defenses are not a useful or long-term strategy for keeping the U.S. safe from nuclear weapons."
"The bill would allocate tens of billions of dollars to pursue President Trump's cherished but hopeless Golden Dome project, which has been described as 'a fantasy'."
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