• yesman@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It’s a myth that the US could fund it’s healthcare if it didn’t fund the military. This is because we already spend more on healthcare than the military already. By a lot.

    Medicare alone has a similar budget to the entire Pentagon!

    We’re not too cheep for healthcare, we’re getting ripped off!

  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    All of this spending to: Check notes Kill children from countries you never knew existed, in military operations that are completely illegal.

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      1 month ago

      There is a big difference between expanding our knowledge and understanding of the universe around us and blowing up school children.

      The Artemis project has cost about $93 billion over 15 years. That’s about 5 weeks worth of spending in Iran.

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        1 month ago

        Indirectly they do. Every dollar spent there is a dollar that doesn’t go to the homeless or those who can’t afford healthcare.

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          1 month ago

          Ok sure, i’m not arguing the lunar missions are a good way of spending money. But i really would rather have them spend money sending American citizens to the moon than have them spend it sending explosives to Iran.