Pman

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[–] Pman@lemmy.org 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

But that would make sense and be an effective way of making laws and governing and more importantly would stop those who haven't meaningfully added to society from being able to easily profit from it in a way that others can't.

[–] Pman@lemmy.org 1 points 7 hours ago

While that may be true it doesn't mean that the spending on the shindig in iran is where all that money goes, a large majority of it goes into salaries for soldiers and soldier benefits such as the GI bill and the VA, even if the care and salaries aren't very good there are millions of Americans getting their salary from the DOD or military directly.

[–] Pman@lemmy.org 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Epstein donated to both parties

[–] Pman@lemmy.org 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

While I agree with the sentiment, social security pays out over 1.2 USD trillion annually. The cost of this "short operation" will be in the trillion dollar plus eventually if it turns out like the last few wars in the area but even the AP says that bot Iraq and Afghanistan came out to 2 trillion USD over the course of their respective conflicts. . Much of domestic payments from the federal government is for the Pentagon and Social security, with social security being the biggest line item on the US budget.

[–] Pman@lemmy.org 3 points 2 days ago

Didn't Texas and Florida start this? California just has more "tech literate" politicians.

[–] Pman@lemmy.org 9 points 2 days ago

I think Windows is trying their best to make windows as unappealing as possible and Google seems to want to do the same with Android. If there isn't a slow trickle of people to Mac or Linux for computers and things like Iphone, graphene OS, or Linux mobile for cell phones and tablets I would be very surprised.

[–] Pman@lemmy.org 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah one of my favorite ones is how donkeys and horses can mate for mules but some of those mules will be able to make with either eachother or one of the two parent species but not both, but most mules are infertile.