Message from @SilverLining

Discord ID: 509490452991311872


2018-11-06 22:11:58 UTC  

Long term it's worse for the populus

2018-11-06 22:11:59 UTC  

Debt.

2018-11-06 22:12:05 UTC  

Are you saying that not going into several hundred thousands of dollars of debt

2018-11-06 22:12:07 UTC  

Is better...?

2018-11-06 22:12:12 UTC  

Oh, do you mean national debt?

2018-11-06 22:12:18 UTC  

I mean

2018-11-06 22:12:20 UTC  

*the military*

2018-11-06 22:12:26 UTC  

Most 'muricans think it's overbloated anyways

2018-11-06 22:12:34 UTC  

The military is not the largest portion of our spending

2018-11-06 22:12:37 UTC  

Hell, we spend as much on the military as we do on a lot of major social programs

2018-11-06 22:12:49 UTC  

It's still far too big

2018-11-06 22:12:51 UTC  

Don't focus on the military because of your ideological stances on said military

2018-11-06 22:12:53 UTC  

$600,000,000,000

2018-11-06 22:12:53 UTC  

No

2018-11-06 22:12:55 UTC  

We don't

2018-11-06 22:12:56 UTC  

I'm not

2018-11-06 22:13:02 UTC  

It's a huge liability

2018-11-06 22:13:04 UTC  

We spend way more on Medicare

2018-11-06 22:13:08 UTC  

Our military is too massive

2018-11-06 22:13:08 UTC  

And Medicaid

2018-11-06 22:13:09 UTC  

barely, actually

2018-11-06 22:13:12 UTC  

and those...

2018-11-06 22:13:16 UTC  

provide tangible benefits to the people

2018-11-06 22:13:18 UTC  

Not barely?

2018-11-06 22:13:25 UTC  

At what cost?

2018-11-06 22:13:39 UTC  

Half our budget goes to health and social

2018-11-06 22:13:42 UTC  

medigay

2018-11-06 22:13:58 UTC  

my bad

2018-11-06 22:14:03 UTC  

It's closer to $700,000,000,000

2018-11-06 22:14:08 UTC  

not $600,000,000,000

2018-11-06 22:14:17 UTC  

But military spending only funds war profiteers...

2018-11-06 22:14:20 UTC  

It's funny how to ignore the percentage

2018-11-06 22:14:26 UTC  

I believe in the Orwellian view

2018-11-06 22:14:31 UTC  

oh, percentage of our budget?

2018-11-06 22:14:36 UTC  

I mean, it's the 3rd largest spending item

2018-11-06 22:14:46 UTC  

You ignore the fact that military spending, by percentage is at a record low

2018-11-06 22:14:49 UTC  

we spend a full

2018-11-06 22:14:51 UTC  

2.1% more

2018-11-06 22:14:55 UTC  

*1.1% more

2018-11-06 22:14:58 UTC  

wait no

2018-11-06 22:14:59 UTC  

fuck