Other mandatory expenditures, VA etc.: $950bn (3.6% of GDP) Military expenditures $805bn (3.0% of GDP) Net interest $659bn (2.4% of GDP). So what could be cut? Nonmilitary discretionary: $917bn (3.4% of GDP), but that is the whole government… Typical billionaire arrogance &…
— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) November 17, 2024
Day: November 16, 2024
Musk claims to want to cut annual federal expenditures by $2tn. That is impossible. Total federal expenditures in 2023: $6.1tn (22.7% of GDP), of which: Social Security $1.3tn (5.0% of GDP) Medicare $931bn (3.1% of GDP) Medicaid $616 bn (2.1% of GDP) https://t.co/Nnddo1HpA7……
— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) November 17, 2024
Shah sahab gives a regarded mashfara anyway.
Other parties are collaborating with, and are a part of, the army government. What silly minimum agenda do they agree upon with them?
— Qasim (@Quibbles57) November 17, 2024
A superior enemy unit capability may be countered by a superior friendly quantity(ies) and/or capability(ies) and/or tactic(s).
Defeat mechanisms are key to preventing that superior unit from performing/completing their missions. pic.twitter.com/ptxsyG8P0P
— OSINT with a splash of good takes and a few bad 1s (@supersean415) November 17, 2024
I am sorry to say that Rubio is the most decent of the Trump crew.
— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) November 17, 2024
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samuraiosint: Interesting perspective
Average day for russian troops in Ukraine.
The visually-confirmed russian losses just from OSInt every day are not sustainable, never mind the losses and MIA we don’t see. Putin will lose his little war in Ukraine. https://t.co/Z0Z8mfzsnS— Bullwinkle2023 (@quixotic7009) November 17, 2024