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Joe Biden Is Trying to Sell Endless War as an Economic Opportunity (jacobin.com)
submitted 10 months ago by brassorchid@kbin.social to c/politics@lemmy.world
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"Lee went on to note that a mere $267 billion of this amount could have ended global hunger by 2030 with enough to spare for universal pre-K, universal family and medical leave, and the eradication of student debt."

In the words of Tupac, "They got money for war but can't feed the poor."

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

He is absolutely not saying that. The one quote is him saying we have the capacity to pay attention to Ukraine and Israel at the same time, and the other is saying that we aren't sapping our economy with the money going to those countries because the countries are buying from the US.

"It's not as bad for the economy as people are claiming, there are mitigating factors" is not the same thing as "it's an incredible opportunity to boost the economy!"

The overused argument at the end that we should be spending the money on the US is exactly what he's responding to...the money IS coming back to the US, and this is just not that much money compared to the size of the US economy.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's always fun to ask the spend it in the US crew what sort of social programs they would like to see bolstered, NOT including tax cuts for the wealthy/corporations or adding to the existing military budget, more police, etc. Inevitably the want isn't to help the people but to benefit those already in control.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 10 months ago

we have a trillion dollar 'defense' program that sells human killing weapons to the rest of the world. of course these wars are going to be profitable for us, its the conservative way. make money, fuck people. in that order.

god forbid any monies not be spent the military-industrial welfare program. gotta get keep that money trickling upwards

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

Gee, if he wanted endless war, as this inane article indicates, I guess he should have stayed in Afghanistan