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And how are we paying for this sixth branch of the US military?

• trikonasana 7y ago
  This is mostly a re-alignment of forces and civilian personnel who are already doing the job (of which there are many, across multiple services). There is actually little additional cost here...I think $2B over 5 years...which is a small portion of the $738B defense budget.
• steve19 7y ago
  Taxes and debt.
  • mgolawala 7y ago
    Until a corresponding increase in taxation is made to pay for a new expenditure. The new expenditure is paid for entirely by debt.
• Rebelgecko 7y ago
  Mostly with debt. Initially it's only $40m, although will probably get more expensive over time. Previous secretary of AF predicted $12 billion, but I think that was with a version of the plan that was more involved (such as USSF taking over the NRO)
• sdinsn 7y ago
  Debt, the same way the US pays for literally everything