Under the amendments, the military will no longer pay for gender-affirming medical care for transgender troops, allow the pride flag to fly at military installations, or pay for personnel to travel for abortions if they live in a state that restricts them. None of these social issues have anything to do with Defense spending
Although I hate these alt-right house members, I’m confused at this statement.
They claim that the right is amending the bill so the military will no longer provide funding for the stated procedures and disallowing the pride flag, but then they say none of these issues have anything to do with defense spending. Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but it seems if the military is providing those things, it would come out of their budget?
Although I hate these alt-right house members, I’m confused at this statement.
They claim that the right is amending the bill so the military will no longer provide funding for the stated procedures and disallowing the pride flag, but then they say none of these issues have anything to do with defense spending. Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but it seems if the military is providing those things, it would come out of their budget?
They’re saying, “These are social issues that the military has no business paying for.”
They would have a point, except medical care isn’t a social issue.
Tax payers and their representatives can choose how their money is spent, yes.