• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Ah. That should probably be in the headline then, instead of just “spending” and “funding”.

      Regardless, the figures are still inaccurate.

      The $1.6 trillion in discretionary spending for FY24 is split between $842 billion for defense programs and $758 billion for nondefense activities, reflecting respective 3% and 7% boosts from FY23 enacted levels.

      https://about.bgov.com/brief/federal-appropriations-for-fy24/

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      4 months ago

      Edit: I have no idea why this is getting downvotes.

      Because you made it clear in this comment that the headline is biased by using incomplete terms and trying to hide what the actual spending was.

      Remember that nobody uses votes as intended, and nobody will ever manage to change that.