• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It’s always cute how warmongers pretend that those billions wouldn’t make a huge difference for struggling Americans.

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      8 months ago

      I don’t know what in that sentence gives you the confidence to call me a warmonger.

      And also, no, it wont really. Unless you redefine “huge difference”. We spend $522B on social/economic assistance programs at the federal level. So a 0.005% 0.5% increase? Hardly a huge difference.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, just that 3 billion comes out to $60,000,000 if divided equally between all 50 states. Instead it’s being pissed away on other countries’ wars.

        By any stretch that is huge.

        You’re absolutely using the warmonger’s logic to support your position here, so no need to clutch your pearls.

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          Except that it’s half a percent. It’s another half a penny on every dollar.

          It’s not huge by any stretch.