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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

After the end of the Cold War, there's a clear trend in US spending where it ratchets down every year during Democratic administrations and up again during Republican administrations. The only exceptions are the first two years of the Obama admin, after he inherited Bush's wars, and 2023, after Russia invaded Ukraine