▲ 1940 ▼ x last night (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Jakdracula@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments I posted this earlier today in the tech lemmy instance, but, they have no sense of humor and deleted it. I'm trying here.
[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 27 points 3 years ago (1 child) They only said the government were capable of doing it, not that they would be motivated by pure benevolence permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) To be fair, of the 44B, they'd use 30b to blow up children's hospitals, give 13b to some rich fucks, 800m would disappear and the rest would fund something nice permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Have you ever looked at US federal spending? 27% goes to healthcare, 21% goes to social security, 13% to income security, 13% to defense, then the rest is split between education, veterans benefits, transportation, and regional development/other. I know people like to meme the government spending, but the majority goes to healthcare, elder care, and veterans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can't wait until Snowden resurfaces and shows us how much of that 27% healthcare actually goes to healthcare and how much is skimmed to line people's pockets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight. Doesn't change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied. permalink fedilink source parent [–] irmoz@reddthat.com 0 points 3 years ago Yeah that also sounds likely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) To be fair, of the 44B, they'd use 30b to blow up children's hospitals, give 13b to some rich fucks, 800m would disappear and the rest would fund something nice permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Have you ever looked at US federal spending? 27% goes to healthcare, 21% goes to social security, 13% to income security, 13% to defense, then the rest is split between education, veterans benefits, transportation, and regional development/other. I know people like to meme the government spending, but the majority goes to healthcare, elder care, and veterans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can't wait until Snowden resurfaces and shows us how much of that 27% healthcare actually goes to healthcare and how much is skimmed to line people's pockets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight. Doesn't change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied. permalink fedilink source parent [–] irmoz@reddthat.com 0 points 3 years ago Yeah that also sounds likely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Have you ever looked at US federal spending? 27% goes to healthcare, 21% goes to social security, 13% to income security, 13% to defense, then the rest is split between education, veterans benefits, transportation, and regional development/other. I know people like to meme the government spending, but the majority goes to healthcare, elder care, and veterans. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can't wait until Snowden resurfaces and shows us how much of that 27% healthcare actually goes to healthcare and how much is skimmed to line people's pockets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight. Doesn't change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can't wait until Snowden resurfaces and shows us how much of that 27% healthcare actually goes to healthcare and how much is skimmed to line people's pockets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight. Doesn't change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight. Doesn't change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 0 points 3 years ago Yeah that also sounds likely permalink fedilink source parent
