• FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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    I imagine in a country where most people have to work two or three jobs in order to live, there might be a dearth of optimism about the future.

    Add on to that whole generations of people shackled with lifetime debt over student loans and watching Biden’s government do nothing meaningful about escalating housing scarcity, and the problem is compounded.

    The big priorities for Biden seem to be making up ways to get more of our money dumped into Ukraine and keeping his asshole son out of prison.

    When we inaugurate an open fascist in 2025, you’ll have Biden to blame.

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      The big priorities for Biden seem to be making up ways to get more of our money dumped into Ukraine

      We are not sending pallets of cash to Ukraine. The money is buying arms and equipment that is being sent to Ukraine. The arms and equipment are produced here, in the US. The VAST majority of the money is going into the US economy. It’s literally creating good paying jobs here in the US.

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        We are not sending pallets of cash to Ukraine.

        Yes we are, just not only that.

        The money is buying arms and equipment that is being sent to Ukraine. The arms and equipment are produced here, in the US.

        It’s the same thing.

        It’s literally creating good paying jobs here in the US.

        No, it isn’t, because our government doesn’t mandate a living wage nor regulate the prices of war materials, and in fact, there’s been extensive reporting on price gouging in the war industry.

        Further, the latest batch of Ukraine spending was funded by cutting funds to the IRS, so we’re not only losing money now, but in the future too.

        Also, frankly, I’m sick of hearing these excuses decade after decade from warmongers and their supporters.

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          Further, the latest batch of Ukraine spending was funded by cutting funds to the IRS, so we’re not only losing money now, but in the future too.

          Yeah, blame the republicans for that one.

          No, it isn’t, because our government doesn’t mandate a living wage nor regulate the prices of war materials,

          You may not like what is being produced, but the jobs producing arms are good paying.

          and in fact, there’s been extensive reporting on price gouging in the war industry.

          For sure. It never should have been privatized.

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              You have proved without doubt that your opinions on important matters are meaningless. Your first few comments were indicative, but this is just irrefutable proof.

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                You’re right.

                I should lower my expectations when we give Democrats the majority in Congress and the presidency, because nothing they promised is going to happen. And even though they have plenty of power to make meaningful change, it’s always going to be the Republicans’ fault that they didn’t.

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          Further, the latest batch of Ukraine spending was funded by cutting funds to the IRS, so we’re not only losing money now, but in the future too.

          That’s factually untrue. The IRS has not been defunded; but House Republicans have been in such disarray that currently no government agency is getting more funding.

          It’s been the Republicans demanding the cuts; not the Democrats, who would rather spend money so that we can fund everything important appropriately so that real recovery from the pandemic is felt by the people.

          The Republicans are demanding we reduce our debt at a time where that’s just not practical and are holding our budget hostage so much that our credit is being slashed.

          The Republicans have been disrupting the financial state of the country. They caused the ding on our credit. They have consistently refused to compromise throughout this entire session of Congress.

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            Davis-Bacon has a very limited scope – it doesn’t apply to the entire workforce.

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        That’s enough to sway the delicate balance between Trump and Biden though.

        Not that Trump will actually solve this but he tends to resonate with those people. I don’t know how people with nary a cent to spare think a billionare has their best interests at heart but anyway.

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          Oh, I won’t dispute that at all. I’m more concerned about a comment making a completely false claim. 5% matters but so does telling the truth in your comments.

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      The new batch of student loan forgiveness should help 3.6 million people.

      Inflation is slowing overall and some prices are “deflating”.

      How is Joe Biden interfering with his son’s cases? Can you give some examples?

      I think you’re misrepresenting the Ukraine support, but another comment covered that.

      Doomers gonna doom. Are there any specific ways you would approach some of these problems differently?