A ton of more money we don’t have thrown to the four winds.
Totally wasted.
Maybe because so many in the Ukraine are neo-Nazi? 
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WuWei
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How about we help these citizens who haven’t recovered yet, the citizens in Maui and teach kids to read before we piss away billions in Ukraine and Israel?
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e7alr
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Too much emotion based spending and not enough purpose of Government based spending.
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conan
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Why spread that money out to help the most people when you can spend it on your donors.
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The Pentagon failed yet another audit. The many billions going to Ukraine have had little to no oversight.
Meanwhile the Biden administration is spending another $80 billion a year on IRS agents to shake down more revenue from average Americans, and interest payments on the exploding debt now amount to 40% of federal personal income taxes.
WuWei
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They made an over payment to Ukraine for $6B, the same amount estimated to rebuild Maui.
Gaius
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Well that might make sense as a temporary measure,
but when’s that last time there was a “temporary” tax increase on anything?
Bigger-picture/longer-term, lack of personal savings is one of the most serious problems the US economy faces.
Gaius
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Here is a different view using a different definition of savings.
Notice that
- even now we are at a very low, low-point, &
p.2) that little arrow at the end is pointing downward, not sideways, not up
I was very surprised to learn food is cheaper in German than America. What happened to the land of milk and honey.
e7alr
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Inflation and massive increases in transportation costs. Germany is much smaller geographically and transportation costs are not as large a factor in pricing.
Gaius
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I think that has to do with America’s love affair with processed foods.
a typical American meal can be prepared without a knife.
but it definitely requires a factory, a cardboard box some plastic wrap and a plastic dish. . . AND we have to show off to imaginary people by not getting that boxed-food in the same place poor people get their boxed-food.
Give Americans a choice pay $5.49, pay $3.47 or pay less than $1,00 and they will pay $5.49 and then sit in their heavily-financed car and make a tiktok video about how they can’t afford anything.
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tnt
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Counting all income the same is more fair.
Flat tax is regressive in effect.
Count all income equally and you could lower rates for everyone.
tnt
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Another finely detailed post. Who can argue when you present such a compelling argument! I surrender!
WuWei
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What you posted is simply not true. There’s nothing to argue about.
tnt
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Nope. I’m right. You’re wrong.
Safiel
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I think I have seen this somewhere before.
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Samm
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That’s exactly what a flat tax coupled with a fixed amount personal exemption does…
