I keep thinking that instead of spending approximately $1B a day attacking Iran - killing, maiming, hurting people, poisoning the ground, damaging infrastructure, creating a future humanitarian criteria, what if, everyday, we dropped a $1B in cash in $50 bundles?
Would we have a better outcome?
hackingonempty•1h ago
Taking money in taxes and giving it to poor people is the worst outcome for American Conservatives. This way the money goes to contractors that provide materials and services to wage war.
burnt-resistor•1h ago
But how would billionaires exploit that to stay in power, artificially create more scarcity and uncertainty, and make more money?
This on top of everything else. Goodbye American empire. It was nice while it lasted.
solid_fuel•54m ago
Because congress is controlled by the Republican party and the Republicans are authoritarians who have bent the knee to Donald Trump, elevating him over their country and sworn duty.
bestouff•8m ago
Maybe you're too young to remember but it was the exact same thing for the war in Irak.
Zeetah•1h ago
Would we have a better outcome?
hackingonempty•1h ago
burnt-resistor•1h ago