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Conceptually, I'm not opposed to having a powerful military for defense of your own borders and those of allies. It's a scary world and there are some bad people in positions of power out there.
I am highly opposed to defunding cancer research so we can blow up schools full of small children without any real cause or reason.
"Schoolgirls in Iran bout to find out why we don't have free healthcare!!!1"
this one slaps. it's always difficult to vizualise just how much a large amount of money can be and just how readily they burn it on death.
Ah yes, who dosent know what american tax dollars are also paying for those at least 2x russian weapon systemes that did sneak into the compilation......
Universal healthcare would cost the government an additinal $0.00 because Medicare and Medicaid are stupid expensive already.
US spends more on government healthcare than Canada ($9195/capita vs $5000), which has universal healthcare for all. As % of GDP, for total healthcare, US is 17%, Canada is 12%
The US already spends more per-person than most states with socialized medical care. The difference is that in America that money goes to insurance companies and billionaires sitting at home while in socialized medical schemes it goes to doctors and nurses and for medications and facilities.
This country was founded by rich capitalist for rich capitalist. The suffering and the threat of increasing suffering is the point.
Who would work for army and ice then
The true welfare queens, army and ice.
Who are these 3 people
Do they not launch torpedos underwater anymore?
Except for on submarines, where there isn't a deck, deck-launched torpedoes have been normal for about as long as torpedoes have been used. It's much more of a nuisance to do things underwater than above the surface, so unless you've got a good reason, like being a submarine, generally we don't.
From submarines, sure. Not from ships. Ships launching torpedoes from tubes above water has been a thing for a really long time.
Man, CIWS platforms are so cool.
But no way it is that expensive. Maybe 1/10the of that.
with how these contractors are, they could very well be paying 10x the price on every bolt, so that some money can exchange hands.
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