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In reply to the discussion: AOC on the Pentagon budget. [View all]Xoan
(25,570 posts)27. It's obscene, folks. /eom
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You know well as I do nothing anyone said would have changed it. She knew it, she voted against it
Autumn
Dec 2022
#25
If only more taxpayers would push for things like healthcare and ending homelessness.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2022
#28
Yes of course, but it is still cheaper for the US to pay Ukraine to fight for us.
Irish_Dem
Dec 2022
#8
Must disagree on some basics. The military, roadbuilding, schools, hospitals, fire departments, etc.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#18
Again, Confucius requires me to push back on the absurdist suggestion that liberal social programs
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#23
I think "anti-capitalist" and "late stage capitalism" are the passwords to the club where
betsuni
Dec 2022
#61
The myth that the true roots of the Democratic Party are socialist, that FDR/LBJ
betsuni
Dec 2022
#32
I'm still waiting to hear the answer to which socialist state--now or in the past 100 years or so--
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#35
LBJ had all sorts of opponents. Ones on the far-right and ones on the far-left.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#40
A lot to unpack here, including personal insults, mischaracterizations, and outright falsehoods.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#45
The tax payers are the people who pay for those things, like building schools, roads etc, etc.
panader0
Dec 2022
#36
So what? People paying taxes isn't "socialism" under any accepted definition of the term.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#37
Your "other friend" will take the lack of response to the question I asked multiple times
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#41
No, It is a question that's germane in countries all over the world.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#48
This is the second time you have falsely accused me of questioning why you are here.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#50
Indeed. Built socialist regiemes tend to increase human misery rather than relieving it.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#56