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"Can't" afford universal healthcare, and "can't" afford student debt relief, but we sure can magic up money for killing!
The US government spends more per capita in healthcare than any country with universal healthcare and then a big chunk of the population also pays for private health insurance over that.
It's not about not being able to afford it, it would even be cheaper.
That's just the efficiency of the free market. It's certainly efficient at something, just not delivering quality health care or keeping costs down.
That's why I put can't in quotes. We obviously can (because, as you pointed out, we already do) but there's a minority of Americans wielding outsized amounts of power keeping it from happening.
I'm sure 90% of the actual value of that money won't go to killing. It's gonna be going to military contractor profits. So 10% is going to production and transport of the killing tools. The rest is shareholder pool parties and yachts. It's still not healthcare. It's still pretty bad. But hey, at least a small part of it will stop some people getting raped by Russian invaders.
Oh don't get me wrong, we should be doing far more to help Ukraine. It's just frustrating to hear about all the things we "can't" afford and how we can't raise the debt, yet have some magical well full of unlimited money when it comes to military spending.
It's not about affordability at all. The people that are willing to loan the US money are only willing to loan the US money for guns and bullets to go to Israel, money to Ukraine is good as long as its for more guns and bullets because weapons have a great ROI. Healthcare for all in the US has poor ROI so there is no point t to it. People are replaceable here in the US. That's why they're trying to push through AI way too early on us all.
With the coming Grant's Pass Supreme Court decision to legalize slavery against homeless people coming soon, who needs regular employees. Just CCI Prison Slaves for all your manual labor needs. Also, all the former abolitionist states have now passed total gun control legislation so people will no longer be able to break out their slave family members from their prison worksites.
I never wanted to actually live in the Cyberpunk 2020 world. I was just hoping for some of the bonuses instead of all of the negatives.
TBF, funding towards anti-air systems like shooting down drones is kind of the opposite of killing. But yeah, Fuck Israel.
Yes, because killing Russian military saves lives. Russia is shelling cities in Ukraine, killing civilians. Your problems are valid, but are nothing compared to getting killed in your sleep by a Russian rocket
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