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US spending on the war in Ukraine has already reached $135 billion according to CSIS (www.csis.org)
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[โ€“] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem of course is capitalism incentivizing graft and scams of all types jacking that number up.

I think in this case it means bribery.

[โ€“] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense. The other story was about corruption in the medical field in China.