Political Memes

You know where your tax dollars are. They’ve gone to overpaying for nearly everything by like an order of magnitude because that’s how the rich launder their money: sweet, sweet government contracts. And all the private contracts they generate in turn.

Being upset about how your taxes are being spent should be pretty low on the American priority list though. The government’s owned by organizations, for starters…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-will-need-years-to-replenish-stockpiles-of-advanced-weapons-used-in-iran-war-new-analysis-finds

Journalists and experts (both pro- and anti-war) were citing this months ago when everybody was talking about how expensive the war has been and how much was spent or used up in a day that could take years to replace. Since it's old news now, I'm fuzzy on the details (might be mostly interceptors to stop drones?) but a simple search brings up results like these from major media (NYT, BBC, etc.), independent media, and beyond:

• Report: ​US burned through half or more of critical missile interceptors
• Rebuilding US weapons stockpile may 'take years' post-Iran war

I don't have a link for you, but I remember reading that the US+allies have used far more Patriot missiles over the past couple months than Ukraine has used over the past four years. Apparently, this was a major motivation behind Ukraine offering to send specialists to help intercept Shahed drones: They saw the massive waste of Patriot missiles and realised it would impact their ability to get ahold of more.