The White House is back at it again, asking Congress to cough up a cool $87.6 billion. The headline sell is that they need this massive pile of taxpayer cash to "replenish" the Pentagon after their latest military adventure against Iran. But because they know a straight-up military bailout is a tough sell to a public that's completely exhausted by foreign interventions, they’ve stuffed the bill with classic political sweeteners: emergency money for U.S. farmers and some Ebola virus response cash to keep the media from asking too many hard questions.

This is the classic Pentagon infinite money glitch in action. Step 1: get involved in a conflict overseas. Step 2: burn through billions of dollars in high-tech munitions and hardware. Step 3: run back to Congress demanding an "emergency supplemental" to restock the shelves, completely bypassing standard budget caps. It’s a highly predictable cycle that keeps the defense lobby happy while the actual national debt continues to spiral completely out of control.

But this time, the White House has run into a major roadblock. They submitted this massive spending request at a politically terrible moment. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle—Republicans and Democrats alike—are actually agreeing on something for once: they’re completely over the endless foreign entanglements. Bipartisan opposition to further military action is real, and the appetite for funding more overseas operations is at an all-time low, leaving this supplemental request in serious jeopardy.

Let’s be honest about the bundling strategy here. Why are U.S. farmers and Ebola responses in the exact same bill as Pentagon war replenishment? It’s pure political hostage-taking. By wrapping these popular domestic and humanitarian issues around a massive military spending package, the administration hopes to create a cudgel to beat over the heads of any lawmakers who dare to vote no. If a representative objects to the war funding, the establishment will immediately run headlines claiming they "hate American farmers" or "want Ebola to spread."

At some point, the printing presses have to stop. Running up an $87.6 billion tab to cover the costs of a conflict that the American public didn't ask for is a tough pill to swallow, especially when domestic infrastructure is falling apart and working-class families are feeling the squeeze. The establishment expects everyone to just nod along and trust the process, but the growing anti-interventionist sentiment on both the right and left is finally throwing a wrench in the gears.