US GOVT JUST GAVE EXTRA $160 BILLION TO MILITARY AND STATE DEPT

Yes, you read that correctly.

The new budget is expected to add $300 billion to the old budget...but over half of that extra goes to the US military and State Dept (ie CIA/NED).

Gee. I wonder what that's gonna be used for.

Syria?

Afghanistan?

Venezuela?

North Korea?

Iran?

You know. All those nations on the Neocon hit list.

...Under the deal, existing spending limits would be raised by a combined $296 billion through 2019. The caps were put in place in 2011 after a fiscal showdown between Obama and GOP congressional leaders who demanded spending austerity.

The agreement includes an additional $160 billion in uncapped funding for overseas military and State Department operations, continuing a costly line item that dates back to the immediate response to the 2001 terrorist attacks. And about $90 billion more would be spent on disaster aid for victims of recent hurricanes and wildfires. Tax provisions would add another $17 billion to the cost of the bill.

[source : Brief government shutdown ends as Trump signs spending bill, Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-passes-sweeping-budget-bill-ending-brief-shutdown/2018/02/09/6021367e-0d69-11e8-8890-372e2047c935_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_budget-blurbonly%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.ed1108f72c33, 9th February 2018]