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pastelteapot
Never cared about the cost of the war in Ukraine. Why we caring about this?
Donfolstar
#5 I used to work with foreign academics fresh off the boat (or more likely a plane), bright eyed and happy to be working in the ol' US of A. Giddy about the big paycheck they were about to receive. Almost every one of them went through a predictable pattern of disappointment: why is insurance so much? why are there so many bills? my SO needs a job. my SO (and may kids) needs their own car. How do I get out of my contract?
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
#5 The American Dream is living in a third-world fascist dystopia while still believing youre a civilised first world country.
cjandstuff
#4 I know people who actually think we defeated and now own Greenland.
Their reality is shaped by whatever Donald tells them.
Miller16of16
Don't forget on top of all this he started out his term with another class warfare taxcut. They get cash in pocket, we get the bill with compounding interest while Trump destroys the entire system the US uses to finance revolving credit.
VitaminJay
Americans would be doing a hell of a lot better if we didn't have monopolies and billionaires.
urusername2
Thanks, Reagen, for killing the anti-monopoly bills that Teddy Roosevelt created!
samanthadlcruz
yeah, but the 214 Billionaires really don't want to pay any taxes...
boevis
#5 There's going to be a ton of people coping that they have no choice but to pay bills that are that much. I personally find that insane, and would have moved years before paying over $1000/mo in rent as an individual.
SunBrolem
The only "affordable" places are way out in rural areas, and you are trading a lower rent for a massive spike in commute time, which is often not viable if you work multiple jobs.
DukePhelan
Really? Where are you going to move too? Somewhere affordable in the middle of nowhere? Guess what the unemployment rate is 35% and the biggest employers is the cardboard plant paying $14/ hr but they just sold out to a private equity firm who is closing the plant and selling off its assets.
The world you think exists isn't a thing in a lot of places and especially in the US.
clonedeeznuts
Except the southerners who voted for this are barely putting in so the blue states have to cover them.
orp0piru
#4
jammer909
So much winning
ongabonga
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1azdoeGE2bm9pcnBsNWt6cG1kMTFsdWtobWZ6NDF3c2luamg5dW5yZiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/CvZuv5m5cKl8c/200w.webp
RooGryphon
I've told people this if I cant own it I want to burn it. I want to LIVE comfortably if I cant and someone is preventing me from my rights to that... they may find there house on fire after I fly a drone into there house.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Car payment - 1000, "health" "insurance" 1000, light bill 300, ...to make it a bit more realistic, and suddenly even earning more than double that $3500 still isn't adequate.
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
Shiiiit, double that light bill and you're in my state. Last month was 780 (combo gas and electric) and we don't have a shitload of stuff happening at the house. Aircon is barely 6yo, furnace is closer to 20 but it's had parts replaced that put it at about the efficiency level of a 10yo one, one computer, two TVs that only run one at a time, small basic standard fridge, like it's normal shit. LED bulbs, lights off when you leave a room, etc. We're just absolutely assraped by our utility.
textilelover
Why in the actual fuck is your car payment $1k?! Mine is $370 and that seemed like a lot. Is that really the standard now? I know I was luckily to have saved several grand to put down on the used car, but not even a third of it.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Yeah, new car, not used. Shit's insane, yo. Luckily i got rid of that, but JFC that stuff is painful.
DarthAndy
#4 Fucking retard. There are only 12 months.
Indulgence
This doesnt take into account the fact that they have lost all their military bases (including the biggest one they have (had) for trillions of dollars) in the entire middle east. Which has taken 70 years to build. All lost in one week. I cant remember any specific numbers, shouldnt be hard to find googling though
awkungen42
There is a point where vets deserve everything they get because they vote and voted for Trump in fucking droves.
graehall
Yep, and they're the ones out there right now murdering 180 schoolgirls in Iran too. This is a choice they made. They're not honourable
Catheren
#1 Question: is the opportunity cost all of them combined or separate? AKA "It could have bought all of this" or "If this had been converted into row 1- it'd be this many, row 2- this many"
RevengeIsIceCream
I assume it's any of them, not all at the same time, but I'm just guessing.
Guess one could check average student loan debt and see if that corresponds to change in the top cost.
Catheren
Hm, it doesn't even feel close. I used the 27bil and divided by 29thousand (the amount I got on a quick google) but that gave me over 900,000 loans erased- though it feeeeels close enough based on loan variation that it's by individual catagory.
McFrazzlestache
Every 2 seconds is what I have worked for in an entire year of my life. I am beyond hope for a future.
seenunseen
Yikes dude, learn a trade
McFrazzlestache
Yeah, that'll do it. Fuck off.
ElvenTroll1121
Your going to the same place he is
seenunseen
Who? I made more as a waiter than he's making now. Doesn't take much
McFrazzlestache
What dipshit doesn't realize is that I am in a trade. I am the quality tech for a thermoset molding facility, and I own my own art business. Companies don't want to pay what humans need, and no one wants to buy art when the world is on fire. Best not to get into semantics with absolutely dismissive fucktardulated morons.
NotThePoint
Some of the information is correct but a lot of it is misleading. I support the general point but I cannot support misinformation.
imeatingpizzaandfuckit
Ah! Welcome to Imgur! Where the information is made up and the points don’t matter!
khora
Bold stance to take on imgur. Are you even going to eat the rich?
NotThePoint
well, yeah.
JarJarBinksStarfish
Well, like Steven Tyler said “there's only one thing that they're good for, eat the rich… take one bite now, come back for more”
wadatahmydamie
When someone says a thing is misleading but doesn’t provide any details, they’re just being misleading themselves
NotThePoint
MrsSlavicHorse
Can you specify?
RooGryphon
Cite sources as well
NotThePoint
$93B was not simply for food. There doesn't seem to be any connection between the spending rate and "opportunity cost alternatives". The video assigns non-monthly bills with a monthly wage.
authorcalebchapman
This seems overly pedantic without any real purpose behind it.
You aren’t disputing the numbers, or presenting a counter-argument, you’re upset that the numbers are being used to compare to what could have been done with the money.
We already know allocated military budgets won’t be spent on student debt forgiveness, even under a competent president.
NotThePoint
Which part of "$93B was not simply for food." did you not understand? It is misleading.
authorcalebchapman
It’s only “misleading” to someone who believes themselves to be a keeper of common knowledge.
What’re you gonna do next, look for a post about Orange Cassidy and explain that it’s misleading because wrestling is fake?
BladeTurMoiL
What exactly is misleading? Seems pretty spot on to me. Though i cant speak for the info on mexico.
VegaJuniper
Well if it seems right to you, then it must be correct.
NotThePoint
$93B was not simply for food. There doesn't seem to be any connection between the spending rate and "opportunity cost alternatives". The video assigns non-monthly bills with a monthly wage.
wadatahmydamie
So providing context in a meaningful way is misleading. Got it.
NotThePoint
The first is lacking context, the second doesn't seem to have any correlation, and the third is improperly associated. I'm not sure why you are bent out of shape by this.
wadatahmydamie
The context is how we would compare such a sum to something that isn’t a complete waste of money.
Why do dumb assholes, to a man, always try to do the “durrrrr you’re offended” thing?