▲ 571 ▼ House Republicans: No Aid for Israel Unless Rich Tax Cheats Get a Break (nymag.com) submitted 2 years ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/politics@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 25 points 2 years ago (2 children) Why the fuck does Israel need aid anyway? They've got nukes. Anyone with nukes does not need aid. You give up your right to aid when you have them. That's how it works. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sybs@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apparently not. The US sends billions to Israel every year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icedterminal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Our taxes at work. I'd much rather defund Israel and just continue supporting Ukraine. Take all that money we send to Israel and use it to fix our own problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, won't be used for that either unfortunately. It's weird how there's never enough money for anything the people want, but as soon as you stop paying for one thing, that money isn't available for anything else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work for a company that employs manufacturing labor and pays minimum wage ($15/hr). Even the local coffee shop pays more than minimum wage. Manufacturing jobs left the US because that same $15/hr could be $2/hr or less in another country and the job SUCKS. The only way to manufacture effectively in the US is to have things be almost exclusively automated and then the money goes to the very few anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago "We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket." permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They passed a bill in the 90s to appease the Republicans that explicitly says that budget cuts may not be used for social programs, but I cannot manage to find the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* Especially when it's their spies who stole our nuclear bomb plans and made their own. Also they get free college for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sybs@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apparently not. The US sends billions to Israel every year. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] icedterminal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Our taxes at work. I'd much rather defund Israel and just continue supporting Ukraine. Take all that money we send to Israel and use it to fix our own problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, won't be used for that either unfortunately. It's weird how there's never enough money for anything the people want, but as soon as you stop paying for one thing, that money isn't available for anything else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work for a company that employs manufacturing labor and pays minimum wage ($15/hr). Even the local coffee shop pays more than minimum wage. Manufacturing jobs left the US because that same $15/hr could be $2/hr or less in another country and the job SUCKS. The only way to manufacture effectively in the US is to have things be almost exclusively automated and then the money goes to the very few anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago "We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket." permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They passed a bill in the 90s to appease the Republicans that explicitly says that budget cuts may not be used for social programs, but I cannot manage to find the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] icedterminal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Our taxes at work. I'd much rather defund Israel and just continue supporting Ukraine. Take all that money we send to Israel and use it to fix our own problems. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, won't be used for that either unfortunately. It's weird how there's never enough money for anything the people want, but as soon as you stop paying for one thing, that money isn't available for anything else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work for a company that employs manufacturing labor and pays minimum wage ($15/hr). Even the local coffee shop pays more than minimum wage. Manufacturing jobs left the US because that same $15/hr could be $2/hr or less in another country and the job SUCKS. The only way to manufacture effectively in the US is to have things be almost exclusively automated and then the money goes to the very few anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago "We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket." permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They passed a bill in the 90s to appease the Republicans that explicitly says that budget cuts may not be used for social programs, but I cannot manage to find the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yeah, won't be used for that either unfortunately. It's weird how there's never enough money for anything the people want, but as soon as you stop paying for one thing, that money isn't available for anything else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work for a company that employs manufacturing labor and pays minimum wage ($15/hr). Even the local coffee shop pays more than minimum wage. Manufacturing jobs left the US because that same $15/hr could be $2/hr or less in another country and the job SUCKS. The only way to manufacture effectively in the US is to have things be almost exclusively automated and then the money goes to the very few anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago "We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket." permalink fedilink source parent [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They passed a bill in the 90s to appease the Republicans that explicitly says that budget cuts may not be used for social programs, but I cannot manage to find the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work for a company that employs manufacturing labor and pays minimum wage ($15/hr). Even the local coffee shop pays more than minimum wage. Manufacturing jobs left the US because that same $15/hr could be $2/hr or less in another country and the job SUCKS. The only way to manufacture effectively in the US is to have things be almost exclusively automated and then the money goes to the very few anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago "We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] just_change_it@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I work for a company that employs manufacturing labor and pays minimum wage ($15/hr). Even the local coffee shop pays more than minimum wage. Manufacturing jobs left the US because that same $15/hr could be $2/hr or less in another country and the job SUCKS. The only way to manufacture effectively in the US is to have things be almost exclusively automated and then the money goes to the very few anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago "We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now all we do is put our hand in the next guy's pocket." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago They passed a bill in the 90s to appease the Republicans that explicitly says that budget cuts may not be used for social programs, but I cannot manage to find the damn thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* Especially when it's their spies who stole our nuclear bomb plans and made their own. Also they get free college for some reason. permalink fedilink source parent