WSJ: Welfare Is What’s Eating the Budget

[Stoopsbrother]

has nothing to do with all the money to Ukraine & Israel?

 

[markfromj]

I am just making fun of markfromj

Not sure who had run up more of the debt, but you won’t find me defending the GOP on this one.

 

[HawkNester]

How are my tax dollars going to rich people and businesses?

Is this a serious question 🤣

 

[denmar81]

has nothing to do with all the money to Ukraine & Israel?

Isn’t the money that’s going to Ukraine in the form of weapons? Weapons manufactured in the U.S.

 

[mustang_hawk]

You sil

Phil Gramm is notoriously loose with facts and language.
He wants all resources in the hands of his superwealthy club only.
Funny, he never mentions the heavily subsidized fossil fuel industry when he talks of wealth transfers.

Everyone knows that wealth transfers up are good and transfers down are very very bad. At least that’s what conservatives have been pedaling for about 40 years.

 

[seminole97]

Isn’t the money that’s going to Ukraine in the form of weapons? Weapons manufactured in the U.S.

Some is to the MIC.
Some is straight overseas.

This is a year old:

In Ukraine, U.S. tax dollars are funding more than just military aid

America has provided more than $70 billion in aid to Ukraine. The money has not just gone to the military, but also to help farmers, small businesses and first responders.

www.cbsnews.com

American taxpayers are providing more than just weapons. The U.S. has pumped nearly $25 billion of non-military aid into Ukraine's economy since the invasion began.

 

[Stoopsbrother]

Isn’t the money that’s going to Ukraine in the form of weapons? Weapons manufactured in the U.S.

we are also funding their pensions.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Then start paying it. Maybe universities and colleges should stop paying bloated salaries to professors and instead pay the maintenance staff a little more.

you do understand people are generally well paid for knowledge. I do understand you lack of knowledge on the topic however.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

you do understand people are generally well paid for knowledge. I do understand you lack of knowledge on the topic however.

Remedial English courses are widely available.

 

[cohawk]

Corporations like Amazon work within the tax code that was largely developed by life time politicians like Joe Biden....

I know that and those loopholes shouldn't exist. They should pay taxes.

Trump gave away tax breaks to huge corporations. You guys are hilarious. It's Joe Biden's fault that Amazon doesn't pay taxes but it's bad if he raises them on Amazon. FFS your logic if flawed.

 

[cohawk]

Zip recruiter?

How about we go to every public university in the country and compare salaries of staff to that of professors.

I'll start.

Iowa State University - Custodian I

Start of pay scale:
Hourly 14.31
Annual 29,764.80

Why don't marxists such as yourself do something about that? Aren't you for "equitable" outcomes. How can you allow this? A professor making well over $100,000 while a custodian makes $14.31 an hour?

Marxism? Who's proposing Marxism? Again it's not something you disagree with.