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The House and Senate appropriations committees released a final Fiscal Year 2016 spending plan that meets the new requirements of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and funds the Defense Department at $572.8 billion in base and Overseas Contingency Operation (OCO) funding.
This total is $5.1 billion less than the president requested for the fiscal year but $18.7 billion more than was appropriated in FY 2015.
The Defense Department portion of the spending bill includes $111 billion for new equipment and upgrades, including several items beyond what the Navy and Marine Corps asked for in their budget request. The bill proposes adding $660 million for seven E/A-18G Growlers and $350 million for five F/A-18 Super Hornets, creating more work for Boeing’s production line that the company said earlier this year would stay open despite uncertainties surrounding additional American buys.
The bill would also add $780 million for six additional F-35B Joint Strike Fighters for the Marine Corps and $255 million for two additional F-35C JSFs for the Navy; bringing the total to 15 F-35Bs and six F-35Cs in FY 2016.
originally posted by: RomeByFire
If I'm reading and understanding this correctly, the budget went over by about $18 billion.
Remember, folks - when it comes to silly things like education, healthcare, infrastructure - silly, non-essential parts of everyday life in America - well, there's just no funding/money available!
(But you'd better believe we got an extra $18 billion for more war machines!)
Also - with the asinine budgets of our military, why have we not been able to take out a ragtag group of radical extremists who have Twitter and Facebook accounts?
originally posted by: RomeByFire
If I'm reading and understanding this correctly, the budget went over by about $18 billion.
Remember, folks - when it comes to silly things like education, healthcare, infrastructure - silly, non-essential parts of everyday life in America - well, there's just no funding/money available!
(But you'd better believe we got an extra $18 billion for more war machines!)
Also - with the asinine budgets of our military, why have we not been able to take out a ragtag group of radical extremists who have Twitter and Facebook accounts?