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Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Janet Yellen: America can certainly afford two wars, US Treasury secretary says

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Janet Yellen: America can certainly afford two wars, US Treasury secretary says

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In an exclusive interview, Janet Yellen urges Republicans to appoint a new House of Representatives speaker to enable greater financial support to be agreed for both Israel and Ukraine.
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    Everyone in Washington believes in MMT when it comes to military spending

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      MMT for me, austerity for thee

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    HEALTHCARE PLEASE agony-shivering

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      No because we have to be able to afford two wars at once.

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    Why is an Onion article in news— Oh.

    But how about second breakfast of war with Iran?

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    deleted by creator

    • 2Password2Remember [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      we have infinite money with which to do bad things. no money for anything that would make people’s lives less miserable though

      Death to America

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        They’re only powerless to help you, not harm you.

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    We can’t afford healthcare, or student loan forgiveness, or housing, or food, or bridges, or infrastructure, but BOY HOWDY war? We can CERTAINLY afford AT LEAST two of those

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    Only two wars? 🇵🇸 🇷🇺 Is there someone you forgot to ask? 🇨🇳

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    glasses-off

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      Those dead imperialist eyes.

      glasses-on “You? You’re alright. This one? Real fucking ugly”

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    Of course the US can. It’s so infuriating that it has the money and resources to spend in whatever it wants and instead it’s using it to finance death.

    Of course, I think she’s probably saying this at the GOP more than as a personal interest in war, as we’ve been hearing people talk about America doesn’t have the resources, which even if true isn’t something you would say if you “love america”.

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      america is the richest country on earth and we can afford anything*, implying otherwise is blasphemy

      *offer not valid for the dirty poors

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        “We can afford anything when it comes to protecting our international position and pursuing national interests.”

        Unfortunately, international relations has never really cared about poors - if you study diplomatic relations they literally teach you that “human rights” wasn’t even a concept to foreign relations between nation-states until the 20th century.

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    I don’t think I can take much more of old people saying unhinged shit.

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    anakin-padme-1 America can afford 2 wars.

    anakin-padme-2 You mean the wars in Palestine and Ukraine, right?

    anakin-padme-3

    anakin-padme-4 The wars in Palestine and Ukraine, right?

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    healthcare pls

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    That’s our entire economic model and foreign policy positions summed up in one sentence.

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    It’s heartwarming to see people from all over lemmy come together and dunk on this ghoul

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    Yellen can go get dropped right on top of a hospital in Gaza.

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