Washington Post Whoops Up $500 Billion Boost in Defense Spending

by | Jan 14, 2026

Washington Post Whoops Up $500 Billion Boost in Defense Spending

by | Jan 14, 2026

Does the Washington Post editorial page believe in Modern Monetary Theory? Is there anybody connected to the Post who might benefit from this half-trillion spending bonanza?

screenshot 2026 01 14 at 14 44 20 opinion trump’s welcome push for $1.5 trillion defense spending the washington post

Jim Bovard

Jim Bovard

Jim Bovard is a Senior Fellow for the Libertarian Institute and author of the newly published, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty (2023). His other books include Public Policy Hooligan (2012), Attention Deficit Democracy (2006), Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty (1994), and seven others. He is a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors and has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, The Washington Post, among others. His articles have been publicly denounced by the chief of the FBI, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of HUD, and the heads of the DEA, FEMA, and EEOC and numerous federal agencies.

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