US Finds $100 Million for Theoretical Nuke Test, Zero for Healthcare
The mainstream media breathlessly reports on the speculated $100 million price tag for Trump’s alleged desire to conduct a nuclear test, framing it as an exorbitant waste. (Because, clearly, one must be *very* concerned about cost when discussing WMDs.) This focus on a hypothetical detonation's price tag conveniently sidesteps the billions—no, trillions —the US routinely funnels into actual,
destabilizing conflicts and maintains its current global military footprint. The Pentagon's budget alone dwarfed the entire GDP of numerous nations, reaching a cool $886 billion in 2024. But sure, let's wring our hands over hypothetical $100 million price tags. One might wonder where this newfound fiscal prudence was when Congress approved $14 billion in aid to Israel, or the countless other
massive defense contracts. (Presumably, those costs are simply 'necessary' for 'democracy' and 'security'.) Perhaps the outrage over '$100 million for a single test' is designed to distract from the far greater sums hemorrhaging into the military-industrial complex *right now*, without the inconvenient reality of a mushroom cloud. It’s almost as if some expenditures are deemed ‘wasteful’ only when
they lack the immediate, tangible benefit of, say, bombing children or propping up foreign regimes with little accountability.