What to do with the "savings" from A-stan

sikofit · 2021-09-04T02:22:34.595Z

WuWei:

So you would spend it on the homeless. Buy them houses?

its wouldn’t be my 1st .1st choice on how to spend the money but I’ll take it over spending that money on infrastructure in another country that we may or may not blow up ourselves.

It doesn’t have to be homeless. We could use that money to do any number of things. It could be used to build the infrastructure we need here that we don’t have to run on China. A fund to rebuild industries in areas like West Virginia. Factories. I don’t care.

The point is that we have a lot of expensive problems here that we don’t have the money to fix. I would much rather spend that money fixing those things than the things we broke in other countries

We have the best fighting force in the world but we’re horrible at the rest of it and 20 years is enough

Supreme_War_Pig · 2021-09-04T02:36:45.794Z

TheRedComet:

I was thinking raise pay and benefits for soldiers and veterans. Since it is money allotted for military purposes.

I wouldn’t object to that

sikofit · 2021-09-04T02:44:28.368Z

TheRedComet:

I was thinking raise pay and benefits for soldiers and veterans. Since it is money allotted for military purposes.

I would much rather spend the money on that

sikofit · 2021-09-04T02:48:05.353Z

WuWei:

So you would spend it on the homeless. Buy them houses?

How about we spend that money on rebuilding the VA? Would that be acceptable?

sikofit · 2021-09-04T03:02:32.974Z

But if we were to put that money into the homeless problem beside social programs what I think would work better than buying them all houses would be a subsidy/incentive that makes low income housing profitable for developers. Construction jobs are good jobs right? It doesn’t matter what kind of building is going up. And that way we’re not giving away free homes to freeloaders that don’t want to work

WuWei · 2021-09-04T03:22:30.787Z

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

WuWei:

So you would spend it on the homeless. Buy them houses?

How about we spend that money on rebuilding the VA? Would that be acceptable?

Whatever you want. Is the VA that broken?

WuWei · 2021-09-04T03:23:14.916Z

What kind of social programs?

WuWei · 2021-09-04T03:23:44.283Z

Supreme_War_Pig:

Social programs.

Like what?

WuWei · 2021-09-04T03:24:18.740Z

TheRedComet:

I was thinking raise pay and benefits for soldiers and veterans. Since it is money allotted for military purposes.

There’s going to be a RIF. More people looking for work.

WuWei · 2021-09-04T03:24:41.776Z

sikofit:

We have the best fighting force in the world

No we don"t.

Supreme_War_Pig · 2021-09-04T03:27:14.939Z

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

What kind of social programs?

Well, somebody came along and said:

TheRedComet:

I was thinking raise pay and benefits for soldiers and veterans. Since it is money allotted for military purposes.

I’m down with that.

Supreme_War_Pig · 2021-09-04T03:28:10.733Z

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

sikofit:

We have the best fighting force in the world

No we don"t.

Hmmm…interesting. in your opinion, who has the best?

sikofit · 2021-09-04T04:16:22.901Z

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

sikofit:

We have the best fighting force in the world

No we don"t.

Okay, I was always under the impression that our soldiers were top notch and that the leadership sucked.

Semantics? I said the best in the world but man on man we aren’t the best?

Or are there armies out there that would make us silly no matter what? Who is the best?

I haven’t done the job so my questions are genuine. I easily could of bought into some of the “we are the best” rhetoric.

WuWei · 2021-09-04T04:40:21.102Z

Taliban right now.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T05:15:12.024Z

Okay I see it. They outlasted and drove out 2 different superpowers. They rule in strategy even if they lose in number of casualties.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T05:19:49.866Z

WuWei:

Taliban right now.

Do you think their goals remain regional now that they control the country

DisturbedGuy · 2021-09-04T12:44:00.859Z

sikofit:

But if we were to put that money into the homeless problem beside social programs what I think would work better than buying them all houses would be a subsidy/incentive that makes low income housing profitable for developers. Construction jobs are good jobs right? It doesn’t matter what kind of building is going up. And that way we’re not giving away free homes to freeloaders that don’t want to work

We should invest in 3d printed homes. They are about $10,000 right now and can be built in 24 hours. They are usually around 450 square feet. They aren’t fancy, but they would be a good place for people to get back on their feet.

Google it…the technology is really cool.

WuWei · 2021-09-04T12:50:57.273Z

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

sikofit:

But if we were to put that money into the homeless problem beside social programs what I think would work better than buying them all houses would be a subsidy/incentive that makes low income housing profitable for developers. Construction jobs are good jobs right? It doesn’t matter what kind of building is going up. And that way we’re not giving away free homes to freeloaders that don’t want to work

We should invest in 3d printed homes. They are about $10,000 right now and can be built in 24 hours. They are usually around 450 square feet. They aren’t fancy, but they would be a good place for people to get back on their feet.

Google it…the technology is really cool.

And do what with them? Put them where?

DisturbedGuy · 2021-09-04T12:55:57.484Z

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

160,000 Left Behind in Afghanistan?

But if we were to put that money into the homeless problem beside social programs what I think would work better than buying them all houses would be a subsidy/incentive that makes low income housing profitable for developers. Construction jobs are good jobs right? It doesn’t matter what kind of building is going up. And that way we’re not giving away free homes to freeloaders that don’t want to work

We should invest in 3d printed homes. They are about $10,000 right now and can be built in 24 hours. They are usually around 450 square feet. They aren’t fancy, but they would be a good place for people to get back on their feet.

Google it…the technology is really cool.

And do what with them? Put them where?

I see communities of them on public land. The footprint is very small. They could be used to help people get back on their feet.

bigtwnvin · 2021-09-04T13:02:22.780Z

Ya, the Taliban invaded the Capitol building and Pelosi ran out of Depends? And damn it, Sandy Cortez missed the whole event so she developed PTSD or some kind of mental issue.
LOL
So when do Americans get to find out all the dirty real stuff about Jan 6th?