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

NJBob · 2021-09-04T13:57:21.890Z

Like abandoned/demolished housing.

WuWei · 2021-09-04T13:58:25.878Z

NJBob:

Like abandoned/demolished housing.

Not where I live. Or you talking about replacing old tenements with these 3d houses?

Bill.in.PA · 2021-09-04T13:58:56.608Z

All that and more has probably already been stolen and sent overseas.

By the numbers: Blake Hall, CEO of ID.me, a service that tries to prevent this kind of fraud, tells Axios that America has lost more than $400 billion to fraudulent claims. As much as 50% of all unemployment monies might have been stolen, he says.

Haywood Talcove, the CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, estimates that at least 70% of the money stolen by impostors ultimately left the country, much of it ending up in the hands of criminal syndicates in China, Nigeria, Russia and elsewhere.

https://www.axios.com/pandemic-unemployment-fraud-benefits-stolen-a937ad9d-0973-4aad-814f-4ca47b72f67f.html

China has made billions on the virus from Wuhan.

NJBob · 2021-09-04T14:00:18.690Z

WuWei:

NJBob:

Like abandoned/demolished housing.

Not where I live. Or you talking about replacing old tenements with these 3d houses?

Printed housing is a gimmick. It isn’t the answer.

I’m sure you have an acre or two you could spare for housing the homeless.

Eagle-Keeper · 2021-09-04T14:09:22.296Z

How about deficit reduction?

sikofit · 2021-09-04T14:43:16.628Z

WuWei:

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?

If we could make building low income housing profitable to developers then the where isn’t anymore of an issue than where do we build new single-family homes.

gooddad409 · 2021-09-04T14:49:22.888Z

TheRedComet:

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

Put the money in a pool to pay off lawsuits from relatives of those left behind in Afghanistan?

Some of which(those left behind) will surely will executed if it hasn’t already happened.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T14:50:24.164Z

WuWei:

NJBob:

Like abandoned/demolished housing.

Not where I live.

You don’t live in the city. Nor is there a homeless problem there

sikofit · 2021-09-04T14:51:46.419Z

WuWei:

NJBob:

Lots of city owned properties all around the country.

Like town squares?

Abandoned malls for one. They are huge and relics of the past. Empty strip malls are everywhere

sikofit · 2021-09-04T14:57:41.692Z

gooddad409:

TheRedComet:

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

Put the money in a pool to pay off lawsuits from relatives of those left behind in Afghanistan?

Some of which(those left behind) will surely will executed if it hasn’t already happened.

It gets thrown out. Anyone who wanted to get out of Afghanistan had 18 months to do so. While I’m deeply ashamed of the way the withdrawal was executed anyone who didn’t leave when they had the chance is retarded.

The largest group still there traveled into the country 2 months ago against the government’s warnings. Why are we responsible for their stupid decisions. Should the government bail me out if I go to Mexico and get myself thrown in jail

SixFoot · 2021-09-04T15:06:27.950Z

We could fund the Platinum Plan with the savings!

…say, whatever happened to the savings from leaving Iraq?

zantax · 2021-09-04T15:11:36.874Z

NJBob:

zantax:

DisturbedGuy:

zantax:

And they can be printed for 4k.

Best range I have seen is 7k to 10k. I think with investment we could get there though.

These 3D Printed Homes Cost $4k And Take Less Than 24 Hours To Make - SlashGear

Now you have seen 4k.

Interesting process but it isn’t the answer to homelessness.

A “printed” house only creates a wall, you still need doors, windows, floors and a roof. Not to mention heating, air conditioning, electrical and plumbing. And you end up with a butt ugly building.

Many homeless aren’t going to be able to handle living in a house, the maintenance would be beyond them. Besides, they also need to be provided with jobs and training which just as important.

Multi unit housing makes more sense for many homeless.

A much better solution would be putting homeless to work (those physically able) building housing thus learning a trade and gaining a home.

Seriously, CMU goes up fast too. I haven’t run the numbers but CMU is problem as cheap, if not cheaper.

Says right in the article total cost of finished product.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T15:12:07.273Z

SixFoot:

We could fund the Platinum Plan with the savings!

…say, whatever happened to the savings from leaving Iraq?

Yep, that’s only $1.2B a year. 1% of what we spend annually in a single country on the other side of the globe. The America First crowd has a problem with the former but not the latter. Weird

johnrandolph · 2021-09-04T15:13:34.230Z

Some poor bastards somewhere are fixin to get themselves some democracy dropped on them from 10000 feet.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T15:16:45.739Z

SixFoot:

say, whatever happened to the savings from leaving Iraq?

We spent it on weapons for the Taliban I mean Afghan army

DisturbedGuy · 2021-09-04T15:17:18.229Z

sikofit:

gooddad409:

TheRedComet:

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

Put the money in a pool to pay off lawsuits from relatives of those left behind in Afghanistan?

Some of which(those left behind) will surely will executed if it hasn’t already happened.

It gets thrown out. Anyone who wanted to get out of Afghanistan had 18 months to do so. While I’m deeply ashamed of the way the withdrawal was executed anyone who didn’t leave when they had the chance is retarded.

The largest group still there traveled into the country 2 months ago against the government’s warnings. Why are we responsible for their stupid decisions. Should the government bail me out if I go to Mexico and get myself thrown in jail

Agreed. Biden is at fault for the withdrawal plan. The people that got stuck there did so by their own choices. They had MONTHS of time to get out, yet they waited until the last possible moment. It’s personal responsibility the way I see it.

SixFoot · 2021-09-04T15:18:12.596Z

sikofit:

Instead of building infrastructure in the Middle East were only going to bomb how about we fix our freeways and bridges here?

I’ve heard estimates in excess of 5 trillion dollars just to get all of our bridges and roads back to the conditions they’re supposed to be in.

I want a Domestic War on Substandard Infrastructure, funded by a technology and manufacturing race.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T15:21:07.488Z

DisturbedGuy:

sikofit:

gooddad409:

TheRedComet:

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

Put the money in a pool to pay off lawsuits from relatives of those left behind in Afghanistan?

Some of which(those left behind) will surely will executed if it hasn’t already happened.

It gets thrown out. Anyone who wanted to get out of Afghanistan had 18 months to do so. While I’m deeply ashamed of the way the withdrawal was executed anyone who didn’t leave when they had the chance is retarded.

The largest group still there traveled into the country 2 months ago against the government’s warnings. Why are we responsible for their stupid decisions. Should the government bail me out if I go to Mexico and get myself thrown in jail

Agreed. Biden is at fault for the withdrawal plan. The people that got stuck there did so by their own choices. They had MONTHS of time to get out, yet they waited until the last possible moment. It’s personal responsibility the way I see it.

And it gets worse when you start looking at actual cases of who is still. All the families in San Diego that got caught there are Afghanistan refugees ( now US citizens) who coordinated a field trip against multiple warnings so they could see family members 1 last time.

sikofit · 2021-09-04T15:29:12.917Z

SixFoot:

sikofit:

Instead of building infrastructure in the Middle East were only going to bomb how about we fix our freeways and bridges here?

I’ve heard estimates in excess of 5 trillion dollars just to get all of our bridges and roads back to the conditions they’re supposed to be in.

I want a Domestic War on Substandard Infrastructure, funded by a technology and manufacturing race.

Absolutely. There’s literally thousands of better ways to blow money. The entire point was that we don’t have enough money to address all the problems here so how about we take some of our nation building money and actually spend it on ourselves.

We could even maybe start paying off a little bit of our dent

SixFoot · 2021-09-04T15:32:11.307Z

“Globalism” is a vampire on our secular nation. The more it thrives, the more we decay. America should come First.