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Janet Yellen: America can certainly afford two wars, US Treasury secretary says (news.sky.com)

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[–] Venutianxspring@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, we can't afford shit right now. We went the government to help us out, not see how many fronts we can fuck around on.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We can afford just about all of it, but the ruling class will fight that tooth and nail, because it would strengthen our power as the working class and weaken theirs. Second Thought: Why The Government Has Infinite Money

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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“Aww, people want the government to help them out? Isn’t that cute. Now shut up and give me more money.”

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