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minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 天前If we cancelled the order of ~40 F-35s, we could have that 4 billion dollars. If we appropriately taxed the rich, we could do it without even having to cut the precious military spending.
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 天前Sorry, neither can be done. Taxing the richies would be tantamount to communism. Cutting the military spending? Countries have to fight wars behalf of the corpos.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·15 天前Sure, wake me up when either of those things happen
If we cancelled the order of ~40 F-35s, we could have that 4 billion dollars.
If we appropriately taxed the rich, we could do it without even having to cut the precious military spending.
Sorry, neither can be done. Taxing the richies would be tantamount to communism. Cutting the military spending? Countries have to fight wars behalf of the corpos.
Sure, wake me up when either of those things happen