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14. Yeah, but we have the most bestest and bigly military
Fri Jul 24, 2020, 03:04 PM
Jul 2020

in the whole fucking world! Without that singular distinction of bloated manliness, we could have lots of nice stuff to improve the lives of every person in the country. How many bullets can we forego purchasing to fund universal child care services, preschool education and the family leave act?

Can we do without some bombers to pay for universal healthcare services? Do we really need every single military base around the world, or can some of that funding be used for higher education grants and scholarships, and skilled job training?

How many nuclear missiles can be retired in order to pay for job education and journeyman programs to train workers for the skills needed in new green businesses? How many manned fighter jets are needed in this era of armed drones? That one change would free up tons of money that could be appropriated for massive infrastructure projects to create good paying jobs and replace our old, outdated and costly public facilities!

by design I believe. n/t luvallpeeps Jul 2020 #1
Not a big fan of the Post but I do agree that the US is the worst shithole country yaesu Jul 2020 #2
This is what the Republicans have been aiming for dflprincess Jul 2020 #3
Winning! In first place for school shootings with 288, Mexico in 2nd place with 8, all others - zero Native Jul 2020 #4
Murdoch rag right wing stunning study???? pwb Jul 2020 #5
Here's a link to the study, not the NY Post jayschool2013 Jul 2020 #9
Republican family values sandensea Jul 2020 #6
And if we lose 200,000 of them... 🤷🏼‍♀️ LakeArenal Jul 2020 #22
More winning! We came in dead last in terms of time (Vacation, etc) Native Jul 2020 #7
It make sense rkleinberger Jul 2020 #8
The US s crumbling on its foundations. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #10
In the US the priories are consistency, for the most part, money first, people last. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2020 #12
Poor people...last. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #23
Yeah, just the opposite of the school books in my youth. Equal opportunity, freedom, balance of RKP5637 Jul 2020 #24
Hungry masses yearning to be free LakeArenal Jul 2020 #25
The GOP is trying to finish the US off and unfortunately the US has a large segment of stupid, RKP5637 Jul 2020 #11
Well deserved. I can't remember this ever being a family friendly country. ancianita Jul 2020 #13
Yeah, but we have the most bestest and bigly military procon Jul 2020 #14
Our path to the bottom was designed and implemented a long time ago. Scalded Nun Jul 2020 #15
I noticed for yrs now that Roc2020 Jul 2020 #16
40 years of Rethuglican rule is to blame. paleotn Jul 2020 #17
Perfect! Roc2020 Jul 2020 #18
Yep. musette_sf Jul 2020 #19
+1 dalton99a Jul 2020 #20
+1 betsuni Jul 2020 #26
This proves two things... BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #21
Shocking that 6 in 10 Americans have an incurable disease. betsuni Jul 2020 #27
We didn't fall as much as the rest of the world rose Warpy Jul 2020 #28
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