TronBronsonMar 3

Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, and it already costs taxpayers more than defense and Medicaid

https://lemmy.world/post/43819752

Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, and it already costs taxpayers more than defense and Medicaid - Lemmy.World

Does the United States have a spending problem? Obviously, but I really wanted to talk about how the cost of living crisis is presenting itself in your community. That relates to this article because you can’t squeeze blood from a stone. If all of you have no disposable income, no savings, and a job market that can’t support your current cost of living… What happens if you lose your job? Do you default on loan obligations along with America because we are stretched to the edge. Should we vote in members of congress to pass more tax breaks for private jets?Are mods whack? Let me know in the comments.

Show threadTronBronsonMar 3
Mods don’t want us discussing what our back up plans are for job loss. But if you lost your job today, what job would you apply to on indeed, and would there be enough money from that job to pay your current bills? Do you think there is security in your job market if you lose your job?
Show threadoutofthisworldMar 3
Mods also don’t want us talking about assassinating the entire Trump administration
Show threadTronBronsonMar 3
Lmao is that what got removed from my last post? Im trying to gauge sentiment here and this is a reading.
Show threadoutofthisworldMar 3
I don’t know about your post history. But the mods on .world are very pro-government.
Show threadTronBronsonMar 3
I mean im pro government too. Order is one of the bonuses of living in a society.
Show threadoutofthisworldMar 4
So, which government do you like?
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4
I sure do enjoy a democracy even if I have to vote with glass lickers.
Show threadlumpenproletariatMar 4
So do you like the genocide party of the genocide+ party?
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4
I was a fan of Biden actually, I know that’s a controversial take on here. I thought he was a good US president. A lot of people don’t think he was a good president because they don’t understand that a president doesn’t make laws.
Show threadlumpenproletariatMar 4
But a president can bypass laws to ship arms to a country committing genocide!
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4

No… congress made the laws to ship the bombs. They created the money to facilitate the transfer.

Remember when all us kind people wanted to send F-16s to Ukraine and it never happened. Your congressman loves sending guns to Israel. I bet you won’t vote them out this year. I bet you’re too dumb.

Show threadlumpenproletariatMar 4

False.

Going around Congress, the Biden administration said Saturday it has approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip.

The State Department approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress - AP News, 9th December

For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism.

Biden administration again bypasses Congress for weapons sale to Israel - The Guardian, 29th December

The State Department bypasses Congress to OK the sale of tank ammunition to Israel

Going around Congress, the Biden administration says it's approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip. The State Department said in a statement Saturday that it notified Congress of the sale late Friday, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” of the munitions in the U.S. national security interest. That means the purchase will bypass the congressional review requirement for foreign military sales. Such determinations are rare, but not unprecedented, when administrations see an urgent need for weapons to be delivered without waiting for lawmakers’ approval.

AP News
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4
I stand corrected! Now remind me; was Hamas holding a bunch of American hostages when that was written?
Show threadlumpenproletariat

Irrelevant goal post moving.

The reason stated by the Biden administration was “The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to ensure Israel is able to defend itself against the threats it faces” it was to protect Israel, nothing to do with American hostages.

Some Democratic lawmakers have spoken of making the proposed $14.3 billion in American assistance to its Mideast ally contingent on concrete steps by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to reduce civilian casualties in Gaza during the war with Hamas.

Congress was going to ask Israel to maybe do a little bit less genocide. Biden said fuck that and went around them to do as he pleases.

Biden was a genocide enabling president and that makes Biden a bad president.

Mar 4 at 11:21amWeb
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4
Goal post moving? I said you were correct and I asked a follow up question. Glad it got a rise out of you tho: did you just experience nuance for a second?
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4
My child I’ve been watching isreal stealing land a killing Palestinians for the last 40 years, maybe its not Bidens fault?
Show threadTronBronsonMar 4
I really hope you have yourself a local candidate who supports your ideals to send to congress! I’d love to see you exercise your political power and make a better world!