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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

You pay for their bombs. The money they save allows them to have socialized healthcare.

You bust your ass to keep your family with healthcare … and your government helps another country provide THEIR citizens healthcare.

Let that shit sink in.

[–] maxthemummer@lemmus.org 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh, so THAT'S where our DOGE checks are going!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

If it makes you feel any better, I hear they're putting Charlie Kirks face on all the warheads.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

trump doesn't have any money. his government is $40T in debt.

[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

I’ve always appreciated RS for providing actual leftist reporting AKA, truthful coverage of politics.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 26 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

That's a lot of food stamps to cut so bibi the nazi can keep his genocide running.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Food stamps for the needy? Bad!

Bomb stamps for a genocidal regime? Good?

If welfare queens exist, then Israel is the ultimate welfare queen. Just sucking up money and never becoming a productive member of the world.

[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'd argue they're welfare fraudsters rather than welfare queens. They've got tons of money, most of the tech industry is connected to Israeli engineering. They're just also constantly getting even more money so they don't need to spend as much of their own money. Always best to waste someone else's money.

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago

I'd argue they're welfare fraudsters rather than welfare queens.

"Welfare fraudster" is exactly what "welfare queen" means, and is why the term is so offensive.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

It's not even money they are cutting from social programs, it's all borrowed. The ruling class are going for broke, we will be at 50 trillion debt by 2028 easy. I bet even more, all they need is a national emergency.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

Rollingstone doing the Lord's work with this one.

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 32 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Your Medicaid and SNAP benefits hard at work!

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I'm sending my health care! Hopefully I can die quickly and quietly to push that line just a bit higher for corporate overlords. Hail corporate!

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I thought we needed those bombs? Didn't Biden cause the problem by giving away all our precious bombs to Ukraine, not TACO with his Iran war? So I guess the shortage must be over if we have enough to give to Israel. Such a relief to know we are safe again.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Different bombs. These are dumb bombs, US can't get close enough to Iran to use these. They tried already and lost aircraft. So they have to use guided bombs and missiles.

Israels genocide is uncontested, so they have no issues dropping dumb bombs.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It was my understanding most of it was WWII surplus.

[–] PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net 68 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

So Israel's genocidal rampage is more important than winning in Iran, and all the US military over there are sacrificing their lives for no (useful) reason. I don't get why the right-wingers aren't more incensed over this crap.

So Israel’s genocidal rampage is more important than winning in Iran

No, duh! They already won in Iran. Haven't you heard Dear Leader? Iran's utterly destroyed and the Strait is open! If you have high gas prices is because that damned Zelensky is bombing poor Russia's oil infrastructure!

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 38 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
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