Hmm yes I wonder how many wind turbines we could have built instead of helping families. Or how many solar panels we could have built instead of military aid being sent to a country being invaded by our opponents. I kind of agree more with you on the CHIPS act though a lot of our shortages are due to a semiconductor shortage. I.e. by shifting the silicon chip production more to the US, it'll reduce these shortages which result in higher inventory, decreased prices, and therefore lower inflation. ... but I digress.

How about we cut the military by, say, 10% to fund it all. Maybe 20%? How about pre-two-wars-at-the-same-time and hey, I'll give and unlike the Federal minimum wage, let's do inflation adjustments. So the US military budget in 2000 - before the wars - was about $300b. With inflation, that's $525b. You know what, we could have some legacy costs after the wars - paying for all those injured veterans and all - so let's round it up to $600b.

So that's a cut of $150b or 20%.

Now... how many wind turbines, solar panels, and tidal power generation could we build with this $150b. And that's every year, mind you.