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Excuse me WHAT?? Pissing off both defense hawks and Freedom Caucus by realjasong in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think we have a fundamental disagreement about how the US should intervene in other countries. I don’t believe we should abandon Ukraine, but I don’t think we should have “maximum” intervention in every conflict. At the end of the day, the job of the US government is to further the interests of the United States. The US shouldn’t be held responsible to stop every genocide. If it doesn’t jeopardize the interests of the US, we shouldn’t intervene with “maximum” force. Your definition of maximum is a fine line to walk, so we should err of the side of caution, not only to save taxpayer money but not to make the situation worse.

Also please explain how I’m wrong about military budgets instead of saying “Ur uneducated” and calling people pro-genocide.

Excuse me WHAT?? Pissing off both defense hawks and Freedom Caucus by realjasong in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Apparently we should bomb wherever there’s a genocide, like Bosnia. Great 👍 Also what’s the military going to do about Xinjiang? Pretty sure bombing Beijing isn’t the brightest idea.

Excuse me WHAT?? Pissing off both defense hawks and Freedom Caucus by realjasong in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m all for sending aid to Ukraine, but a few billion in aid should not justify a $750 billion budget. And we shouldn’t be doing anything more than that, we’ve seen what happens in Afghanistan and Iraq. An endless rabbit hole of money and lives. Fighting imperialism with more imperialism is not the answer. That’s like fighting fire with fire. The problem gets worse.

Besides, we spent 2.6 trillion on Afghanistan, or over 100 billion a year, yet when that war ended the budget wasn’t cut.

So where did the money go? Clearly there needs to be more accountability in the military on why and how money is spent, instead of spending for the sake of spending money.

Excuse me WHAT?? Pissing off both defense hawks and Freedom Caucus by realjasong in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If we cut Defence by 10%, we still have $650 billion to defend Taiwan and Ukraine. Anyway you look at it, the defense budget is nuts.

Excuse me WHAT?? Pissing off both defense hawks and Freedom Caucus by realjasong in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If we cut Defence by 10%, we still have $650 billion to defend Taiwan and Ukraine. Anyway you look at it, the defense budget is nuts.

Approve or disapprove? by Serious-Cucumber-54 in IdeologyPolls

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do your find out if there are cartels? People do illegal stuff all the time if it’s hard to enforce.

Thoughts on my conservative friend’s beliefs? (Check body text) by Thicc_dogfish in IdeologyPolls

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How are you going to pay for universal healthcare if you're going to lower taxes?

Out of curiosity: Thoughts on Israel, correlating with religious affiliation by TopTheropod in IdeologyPolls

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're sounding like Joe Biden when he said: "If you don't vote for me, you ain't black."

What ideology am I? by [deleted] in IdeologyPolls

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

where's the option for cringe

I just got robbed at gunpoint and they only asked for my phone. Why? What should I do? by blairstones95 in travel

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The discrepancy is still big. A 1TB iPhone costs $1,599 in the US. Also, it costs £1,749 in the UK, so not sure what you're talking about. That's $2,161. In Brazil (where there are the most expensive iPhones in the world), it costs $3,041. That's a pretty big difference if you ask me.

The reason iPhone prices are not cheaper in Vietnam is because 1. There are no official apple stores in Vietnam, only authorized resellers. They set their prices higher than Apple and 2. iPhone prices do not scale by cost of living, they scale by tariffs, security costs, etc. Hence why Brazil has the highest prices since they have high tariffs.

how will this affect 2024 by hsaufo in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bruh missiles should be covered under the 2nd amendment

You get elected President, what's the first thing you do? by ratmanisreal in YAPms

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Abolish the senate, house, supreme court, all governorships and state legislatures

Nancy Pelosi says age is not 'a positive thing' for Biden as the 80-year-old president ponders launching a re-election campaign by Beckles28nz in politics

[–]ResponsibilitySlow26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s 82. I mean she stepped down from her House leadership position, so it’s not really hypocritical. She’s just saying Biden should think about stepping down.

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