@rbreich Only politicians have the temerity to use phrases like “people want” or “Americans want” when stating their own opinion, entirely ignoring the obvious fact that we are a divided body politic and that at least half of “people” or “Americans” have opinions diametrically opposed to yours.

@stanleygrill @rbreich Wanting health care is not an opinion.

You don't even have the slightest idea how many people would prefer public money to be spent on health care rather than war. You consider making up stuff to be a valid support for your beliefs.

@leastaction @stanleygrill @rbreich

taking Iran (and Iranian proxies..) off the chess board permanently won't exactly be a bad thing. Long overdue, honestly. It'll bring peace to the region a lot faster than negotiations have. Just sayin'. Ditto for the future collapse of Russia. There's just no negotiating (or reasoning..) with some people, both in life, inside your own HOA, and also at a nation-state level.

@rbreich
But no money for…

veterans healthcare
student loan forgiveness
Medicaid and SNAP
education
ACA subsidies
wages for TSA, Coast Guard, or FEMA

#war #fascism #economy

@ElizabethEiler @rbreich
But for the repayment of customs duties...
@Boerps @rbreich It adds insult to injury. They will have to drain the Treasury to refund all Trump’s illegal tariff profiteering - and once again, Americans will suffer for it.
@ElizabethEiler @rbreich
Yes. And exporting countries will still be cautious with goods and their prices because no one knows what else the psycho might come up with.
@rbreich And they don’t want new ballrooms and personal flying palaces for Cabinet secretaries, especially during wartime!! When are they going to start tightening their own belts?
@rbreich silly americans /s

@rbreich @Pinchy63

#AltText of the screenshot from Blusky:

"Robert Reich

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want
healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met."

@rbreich How dare you price on the project 4 a greater IsraEl. #denier

@rbreich i'm sure Americans will line up in at least tens of millions to have a general strike to bring the pedo in chiefs regime to its knees... Any minute now....

As if, more like they will line up at the Apple Stores to get thet latest iToy, while having to work three jobs to afford that luxury than caring about how much more it costs to kill brown people overseas while foregoing any social benefits from their own tax dollars.

@rbreich wow, so glad to see all the doge savings reinvested in the betterment of america's living conditions

@rbreich

War is costly. I hope one day we can build an alternative system that can do without war and instead spend those resources on peace, health and prosperity.