According to Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge, the measure includes a clause that offers a “4.6% pay boost for both military troops and DoD civilian workers.”
One of the most notable aspects of the measure is an addition that grants $10 billion in military aid to Taiwan over a five-year period. This assistance falls under the heading of Foreign Military Financing, a State Dept. program that provides funding to foreign governments to purchase US-made military equipment.
In addition to that, the NDAA allocates $800 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which is a program that provides the United States government with the authority to purchase arms for Ukraine.
The NDAA also includes $11.5 billion in funding for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, a program designed to strengthen the United States’ military posture in the Indo-Pacific area. This is part of the United States’ new Pivot to Asia policy, in which it will attempt to curb China’s ascent. The Pentagon and other members of the US security establishment regard the East Asian nuclear state as the US’s top geopolitical foe.
The military industrial complex always triumphs, regardless of who is in power. If we lived in a serious country, all defense expenditure would go toward fortifying our southern border and ensuring that the Western Hemisphere stays a prosperous and safe backyard for the United States and its neighbors. Human smugglers, drug traffickers, and criminal syndicates are wreaking havoc on the United States, owing to a political elite that has disregarded our southern border and is preoccupied with the affairs of countries thousands of miles away.
Any additional security functions, regardless of their justification, only serve to further the agendas of ethnic grievance lobbyists and the military-industrial complex.
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