Deep@mander.xyz to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoHalf of House Dems vote to end US aid to Israelresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down14file-text
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A slim majority of voting Democrats defied leader Jeffries, backing failed Massie amendment to cut $3.3 billion
minus-squareBlibly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·24 hours agoBecause we are paying for it. Yet we don’t have enough for our own people?!?
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoAmerica QoL is fucked not because they’re paying for others, but because of inequality. In the US, GDP per working person (or, how much money each worker generates) is well over $150k. Wages are less than half that, on average.
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoThey subsidize billionaires who then lobby against everyone else’s interest to increase inequality.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 hours agoIt’s also easy to boost the standard of living of some when you deny the rights of others.
Because we are paying for it. Yet we don’t have enough for our own people?!?
America QoL is fucked not because they’re paying for others, but because of inequality.
In the US, GDP per working person (or, how much money each worker generates) is well over $150k.
Wages are less than half that, on average.
They subsidize billionaires who then lobby against everyone else’s interest to increase inequality.
It’s also easy to boost the standard of living of some when you deny the rights of others.