“After years of Democrats telling the American people that former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a thriving system, the glaring truth revealed now during the government shutdown is that not only has the ACA resulted in widespread fraud and allegations of kickbacks to insurance companies, the American people are footing the bill for subsidies to hide the fact that Obamacare is broken.”
“Everything Obama told us was a complete lie,” E.J. Antoni told John Solomon during a special report on the government shutdown sponsored by the Association of Mature American Citizens. “
Challenged by someone with credentials who was actually there when Brennan and co fabricated the Intelligence to delegitimize President Trump on Obama’s orders, Brennan starts screaming, shouting, and swearing”
Marjore Taylor Greene, on with Bill Maher, commented that the Republicans have spent 15 years trying to tear down the ACA yet haven’t spent any time on creating a replacement. And like a broken clock, she’s right.
The ACA has flaws but it’s based on a successful model from several European countries where it works — the main ideas were copied from the Swiss model. Improvements can be made (look at the Swiss model again) so why tear it all down
— because Obama made it and that bothers Trump — fairly petty but probable – or insurance companies want to make more money.
Cheryl (yesterday) — I agree child welfare works better when there’s a stay at home parent; unfortunately for several reasons that model doesn’t work any more with some exceptions (rural areas where one partner has a good income and the family home is paid)
However, other OECD countries work with the same model — both parents working and produce far better child living conditions than the US (and Canada). What’s the difference — health care accessibility is an issue. Yes, physicians provide free emergency care but that’s not the same as standard health care. Plus rural areas in the US have far poorer health care than urban areas — partly due to a private model but it’s also an issue in Canada. Nordic countries are far better at rural and isolated health care. Median income is also much lower in North America (mean income is higher but income inequality is the issue).
The US ties health care and maternity leave to work. The latter is funded by gov’t programs in the rest of the world. In terms of labour mobility, tying health care and maternity leave to work is a problem. Since two parents working is the standard model, paid maternity leave should also be the standard and needs the state.
Over 20% of American children live in poverty (12% in Canada). Among the OECD, only Chile and Israel are higher, even Mexico is slightly lower. Of course the Nordic countries are the best (around 5%) but even Poland is below 10%. Poland was govern by a far right social conservative party who actually put pro-life into practise — child tax benefits, school lunch programs, paid maternity leave, housing credits and loans for families, etc. Its possible to lower child poverty even without being Nordic socialists (my preferred option) but there needs to be commitment by gov’ts.
HRW, you write, “for several reasons that model [one parent at home] doesn’t work any more with some exceptions (rural areas where one partner has a good income and the family home is paid).”
I’d argue that it is more difficult today, partly because of the costs of insurance and yes, the fact that it tends to be tied to the workplace and sometimes it’s the mother’s job that carries the insurance. But none of my family lives in rural areas, and with very rare exceptions mothers in my family have been able to quit work by their firstborn’s first birthday, if not before the birth, or to work from home. (One of my sisters-in-law ended up working at the school her children attended after staying home with them in the early years.) Few in my family have made a “good” income by modern standards.
In many, many cases virtually all of the second income is basically used for work-related expenses (expenses that wouldn’t be necessary without the second job): childcare, a second car, extra expenses from eating out, etc. Also, mothers often have college loans to pay off, and many families consider it an essential expense that they pay for their children’s college. Lots of parents also buy homes they cannot afford. For parents who see it as a priority for the mother to stay home with children, even to homeschool their children, and who stay out of debt (except for a mortgage) and live within their means, it often is possible.
“All of a sudden on the eve of the election, Martha Raddatz and ABC News and other legacy media are describing self-described “socialist” Zohran Mamdani as a “progressive” to make him more palatable to voters”
“At Lindsey Graham’s direction, the U.S. spent 20 years losing war after war after war. And now he’s bragging that we have no bombs because we’ve given them all away to Ukraine, which is also losing and accomplishing nothing in the process? Deranged insanity.”
“LINDSEY GRAHAM: “I feel good about where we’re going as a nation. We’re k*lling all the right people … We’ve run out of bombs. We didn’t run out of bombs in World War II.””
Cheryl — again to a large degree I agree with you. Much of why people choose a two income model has to do with financial choices. And in addition, often women make more than their husband (or in the US, health insurance is attached to a woman’s job).
Choices include the size of family homes, car types, travel sports, and even household renovations. I live a very frugal life which enables me to travel and retire; meanwhile my colleagues continue to work to pay for never ending credit card debt, travel sports, large homes/cars, etc.
Although you mention insurance (not an issue here), the cost of higher education also motivates many to stay in the work force as they try to help their kids go to university. Here again, I have to point out the Nordic model has free post secondary education and Denmark even gives students an allowance. And in the not so recent past, state land grant universities were nearly free in the US (compare tuition from the 1960s to the present). But currently the cost is so prohibitive that parents are contributing to a fund the day their children are born. And then there’s the case of young parents in their late 20s or early 30s starting a family but having student loans to pay….. North Americans work to pay off debt and everyone has to work.
Sure, you can save by not working — no need for the second car, insurance, gas, extra clothes, etc. After I retired, my insurance went down, I barely use my car so gas and maintenance cost are down, no need for work clothes and lunches, no post work Friday beers, no gift fund contributions, etc.
Again, child poverty is far too high in the US and infant mortality is too high. Both Canada and the US need to look at more successful countries. Both the Nordic left and the far right Poland offer ideas — maternity leave, free health care, free education, etc. Things can work better.
I found the media coverage of Mamdani quite harsh and critical. Why any media outlet gives Cuomo better coverage is beyond me.
Mamdani is a democratic socialist but barely. He wouldn’t look out of place in a social democratic party in Europe and those parties are left of centre. I’m further left than he is and neither one of us is a communist.
Lindsey Graham was speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition. When he bragged the US was out of bombs he was bragging about how supportive the Republican party was of Israel (not Ukraine).
But the fact remains, we sent far more to Ukraine than Israel of late…
Israel gets limited numbers of specific missles, and they pay for much of it. Ukraine takes any and all, and not just from the US, and they ain’t paying nobody.
The google search you link is weird. The first article is a Forbes article that tells me that Ukraine took the Patriot systems Israel no longer wanted or needed, but that’s not unusual nor relevant.
It is an interesting example of how numbers are massaged in Israel. The US stores weapons and ammunition in Israel. When Israel accesses this, it becomes military aid and added to the ledger. If it ages out, it’s usually removed and brought back to the US and destroyed but not counted as aid. This way Israel always has an extensive supply but its not counted as military aid until it is used. In this particular case, the Patriot systems and missiles were no longer wanted and the US transferred them to Ukraine. In this way, it was never listed as military aid to Israel and is now considered aid to Ukraine — I suppose its better than being destroyed or rusting out in some US base.
Its difficult to get accurate numbers on US military aid anywhere. Its sometimes considered secret or will be hidden in foreign aid numbers. However, the US supplied about $4 billion in aid to Israel last year and almost all of it can be considered military aid. When Graham mentions running out of bombs, its the ammunition stored in Israel which the Israeli’s emptied and ran up the $4 billion in aid.
The numbers for Ukraine vary widely anywhere from 5 to 17 billion. Yes that’s more than Israel but it’s a far bigger war. In addition, the figures generally include economic aid; i.e. infrastructure, veteran health care, trade, etc. Most economic aid is given with conditions that are beneficial to US companies thus a lot of this money will go back to US companies. In terms of strictly military aid, a lot of the weapons and ammunition given to Ukraine are out of date and would likely be scrapped if not used by the Ukrainians (as pointed out by the Forbes article).
This is my long winded way of saying Graham was definitely talking about Israeli use of bombs and US aid to Ukraine is nowhere near the hardship some like to paint it. (I’d also argue its far more beneficial to US interests than supporting Israel but that’s a different discussion)
Denmark has some of the high taxes for their social programs. We are taxed enough and much goes to non citizens here illegally thanks to the Democrats. And yes some are being forgiven their school loans paid for by tax payers who didn’t or couldn’t afford to attend college…
SNAP benefits are out of control leaving grown able bodied men and women sitting on their collective arses being financed by hard working taxpayers. There is a time and place for benefits but not for those who can get off their laziness and work!
Most said women could be stay at home moms when I did it, too. I am for families working out what is best for their situation as long as the children are not hurt. I know moms who do it now, too, although they are also told it cannot be done.
Maybe the bombs were stockpiles of old technology that got used instead of buried? I don’t know nothing about bombs, but just a logical guess. Maybe less expensive to use them than to dispose of them? An old accountant never retires from considering things like that, lol
Comparing tax rates is incredibly difficult as brackets differ, currencies fluctuate, lower jurisdictions, etc Denmark obviously have higher taxes than the US but it’s not as bad as it looks.
I found this list to be intuitively accurate. My own taxes as a middle class single parent would match the numbers given here. These numbers indicate the US rates aren’t unusual.
The other thing to consider is what you get for your taxes. The minimal expectation you can have from your state is law and order, stability, basic infrastructure, and enough social services that bread riots don’t occur. On the upper end you would expect the basics plus health and education.
Looking at the above list you can see places like France and Sweden are getting the most bang for their buck. The question has to be asked why the US (and Canada) can’t do better. And no I don’t think investing billions in the security infrastructure ( ie ICE) will help. Nor do I think SNAP recipients are holding the US back.
SNAP recipients are 40% children and of those in the working age 18 to 65, over 70% are working. And of course migrants aren’t eligible for SNAP. The US spends far more on “security” forces (police, ICE, border, etc) than any other country and for what?
Its difficult to switch focus but if both Canada and US would spend less on security and deciding on who is eligible and just have universal programs, they might become more efficient like France and Sweden.
The other issue is the actual specifics of tax policy. Why is “investment” income taxed at a lower rate than salary/hourly workers? Why not limit CEO income? Apply negative income tax to the lower income workers. Etc.
Janice — in all liklihood you are right. And another reason why its difficult to accurately measure military aid numbers. Most NATO donations to Ukraine include weapons and ammunition ready to expire
HRW – When I was looking for the video, I saw a couple comments somewhere that also said he was drunk. That certainly is a possibility, as he did seem rather jovial. (But I don’t want to assert that in case it’s not true.)
Wandering Views 
More activism from another overreaching activist judge the #USELESSGOP won’t do a damned thing about.
https://x.com/RonDeSantis/status/1984462064916517080?t=LmBPowyJFMR5Iu2MKNAVqQ&s=19
“You have to be a citizen to vote but you can’t verify the citizenship of a voter?
Make it make sense.”
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https://x.com/AP/status/1984361085399400676?t=IE7bKcC-uw3L9rLady6oFA&s=19
“A judge says that Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voter registration form, siding with Democrats and civil rights groups.”
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Correct!
https://x.com/AuronMacintyre/status/1984453011490615723?t=gOvmkPTPHTv3APK_y_b1Hw&s=19
“If a judge can make a legally binding ruling that allows illegals to select the leader of the US then you don’t have laws or a country anymore”
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“Obamacare’s inconvenient truths exposed during shutdown”
https://x.com/jsolomonReports/status/1984606408503890329?t=j66UzVIYOUKokFV7OgUtow&s=19
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/inconvenient-truths-obamacare-exposed-during-shutdown?utm_source=mux&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social-media-autopost
“After years of Democrats telling the American people that former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a thriving system, the glaring truth revealed now during the government shutdown is that not only has the ACA resulted in widespread fraud and allegations of kickbacks to insurance companies, the American people are footing the bill for subsidies to hide the fact that Obamacare is broken.”
“Everything Obama told us was a complete lie,” E.J. Antoni told John Solomon during a special report on the government shutdown sponsored by the Association of Mature American Citizens. “
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Traitor Brennan is getting nervous. 🙂
https://x.com/RealSLokhova/status/1984525425226510833?t=77g0aaB5jWwvarzzRL0JVw&s=19
“WATCH THE BRENNAN MELTDOWN
He knows he is going down
Challenged by someone with credentials who was actually there when Brennan and co fabricated the Intelligence to delegitimize President Trump on Obama’s orders, Brennan starts screaming, shouting, and swearing”
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But Trump is the problem, right?
https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/1984595023724200177?t=12gvW9ZhTsJyeAO7jFFbFg&s=19
“Q: “Would you work with President Trump on areas like job creation?”
Abigail Spanberger: “You don’t work with the arsonist who burns down the house.”
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Marjore Taylor Greene, on with Bill Maher, commented that the Republicans have spent 15 years trying to tear down the ACA yet haven’t spent any time on creating a replacement. And like a broken clock, she’s right.
The ACA has flaws but it’s based on a successful model from several European countries where it works — the main ideas were copied from the Swiss model. Improvements can be made (look at the Swiss model again) so why tear it all down
— because Obama made it and that bothers Trump — fairly petty but probable – or insurance companies want to make more money.
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Cheryl (yesterday) — I agree child welfare works better when there’s a stay at home parent; unfortunately for several reasons that model doesn’t work any more with some exceptions (rural areas where one partner has a good income and the family home is paid)
However, other OECD countries work with the same model — both parents working and produce far better child living conditions than the US (and Canada). What’s the difference — health care accessibility is an issue. Yes, physicians provide free emergency care but that’s not the same as standard health care. Plus rural areas in the US have far poorer health care than urban areas — partly due to a private model but it’s also an issue in Canada. Nordic countries are far better at rural and isolated health care. Median income is also much lower in North America (mean income is higher but income inequality is the issue).
The US ties health care and maternity leave to work. The latter is funded by gov’t programs in the rest of the world. In terms of labour mobility, tying health care and maternity leave to work is a problem. Since two parents working is the standard model, paid maternity leave should also be the standard and needs the state.
Over 20% of American children live in poverty (12% in Canada). Among the OECD, only Chile and Israel are higher, even Mexico is slightly lower. Of course the Nordic countries are the best (around 5%) but even Poland is below 10%. Poland was govern by a far right social conservative party who actually put pro-life into practise — child tax benefits, school lunch programs, paid maternity leave, housing credits and loans for families, etc. Its possible to lower child poverty even without being Nordic socialists (my preferred option) but there needs to be commitment by gov’ts.
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HRW, you write, “for several reasons that model [one parent at home] doesn’t work any more with some exceptions (rural areas where one partner has a good income and the family home is paid).”
I’d argue that it is more difficult today, partly because of the costs of insurance and yes, the fact that it tends to be tied to the workplace and sometimes it’s the mother’s job that carries the insurance. But none of my family lives in rural areas, and with very rare exceptions mothers in my family have been able to quit work by their firstborn’s first birthday, if not before the birth, or to work from home. (One of my sisters-in-law ended up working at the school her children attended after staying home with them in the early years.) Few in my family have made a “good” income by modern standards.
In many, many cases virtually all of the second income is basically used for work-related expenses (expenses that wouldn’t be necessary without the second job): childcare, a second car, extra expenses from eating out, etc. Also, mothers often have college loans to pay off, and many families consider it an essential expense that they pay for their children’s college. Lots of parents also buy homes they cannot afford. For parents who see it as a priority for the mother to stay home with children, even to homeschool their children, and who stay out of debt (except for a mortgage) and live within their means, it often is possible.
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The uni-party strikes again.
https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1984991394230931635?t=4H2QoNMkbkoMY4DZ8hUx2w&s=19
“Now you all know why @elonmusk & @DOGE were shut down.
The UNIPARTY was caught with their pants down and no longer wanted the exposure. It was butt ugly!”
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https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1984991394230931635?t=qTl_VLGHirh5qkZAcLZ9wQ&s=19
“Elon Musk details D.O.G.E.’s most SHOCKING discoveries.”
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Well I’m shocked….🙄
https://x.com/paulsperry_/status/1984991352065593505?t=kXtc7-wcxehSdefe4gQ2qA&s=19
“All of a sudden on the eve of the election, Martha Raddatz and ABC News and other legacy media are describing self-described “socialist” Zohran Mamdani as a “progressive” to make him more palatable to voters”
#LiberalMediaBias
https://x.com/IamLisaRyan/status/1984991642462351690?t=We3nRIcJVxKkUfBI_OtAwQ&s=19
“What liars. Even he calls himself a Democratic socialist. He says he’s a member of the Democratic socialist of America. That’s code for communism.
Zohran Mamdani is a communist.”
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This toad can’t be gone soon enough. We’re out of bombs because he gave them away to Ukraine, leaving us vulnerable. He’s a warmongering fraud.
https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1984996885782724672?t=_b8ww6QRRXJD1jOlRnUmUQ&s=19
“At Lindsey Graham’s direction, the U.S. spent 20 years losing war after war after war. And now he’s bragging that we have no bombs because we’ve given them all away to Ukraine, which is also losing and accomplishing nothing in the process? Deranged insanity.”
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https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1984967286638178434?t=26fChft0GAIvrHzghk4_uw&s=19
“LINDSEY GRAHAM: “I feel good about where we’re going as a nation. We’re k*lling all the right people … We’ve run out of bombs. We didn’t run out of bombs in World War II.””
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Cheryl — again to a large degree I agree with you. Much of why people choose a two income model has to do with financial choices. And in addition, often women make more than their husband (or in the US, health insurance is attached to a woman’s job).
Choices include the size of family homes, car types, travel sports, and even household renovations. I live a very frugal life which enables me to travel and retire; meanwhile my colleagues continue to work to pay for never ending credit card debt, travel sports, large homes/cars, etc.
Although you mention insurance (not an issue here), the cost of higher education also motivates many to stay in the work force as they try to help their kids go to university. Here again, I have to point out the Nordic model has free post secondary education and Denmark even gives students an allowance. And in the not so recent past, state land grant universities were nearly free in the US (compare tuition from the 1960s to the present). But currently the cost is so prohibitive that parents are contributing to a fund the day their children are born. And then there’s the case of young parents in their late 20s or early 30s starting a family but having student loans to pay….. North Americans work to pay off debt and everyone has to work.
Sure, you can save by not working — no need for the second car, insurance, gas, extra clothes, etc. After I retired, my insurance went down, I barely use my car so gas and maintenance cost are down, no need for work clothes and lunches, no post work Friday beers, no gift fund contributions, etc.
Again, child poverty is far too high in the US and infant mortality is too high. Both Canada and the US need to look at more successful countries. Both the Nordic left and the far right Poland offer ideas — maternity leave, free health care, free education, etc. Things can work better.
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I found the media coverage of Mamdani quite harsh and critical. Why any media outlet gives Cuomo better coverage is beyond me.
Mamdani is a democratic socialist but barely. He wouldn’t look out of place in a social democratic party in Europe and those parties are left of centre. I’m further left than he is and neither one of us is a communist.
Lindsey Graham was speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition. When he bragged the US was out of bombs he was bragging about how supportive the Republican party was of Israel (not Ukraine).
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But the fact remains, we sent far more to Ukraine than Israel of late…
Israel gets limited numbers of specific missles, and they pay for much of it. Ukraine takes any and all, and not just from the US, and they ain’t paying nobody.
https://www.google.com/search?q=missiles+to+ukraine+compared.to+missiles+to+israel&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgBECMYJxjqAhiMBDIGCAAQRRg5MgwIARAjGCcY6gIYjAQyEggCECMYJxjqAhiABBiMBBiKBTISCAMQIxgnGOoCGIAEGIwEGIoFMhsIBBAuGCcYrwEYxwEYugIY6gIYgAQYjAQYigUyEggFECMYJxjqAhiABBiMBBiKBTISCAYQIxgnGOoCGIAEGIwEGIoFMhIIBxAjGCcY6gIYgAQYjAQYigUyDAgIECMYJxjqAhiMBDISCAkQIxgnGOoCGIAEGIwEGIoFMhgIChAuGCcYxwEY6gIY0QMYgAQYjAQYigUyEggLECMYJxjqAhiABBiMBBiKBTISCAwQIxgnGOoCGIAEGIwEGIoFMhIIDRAjGCcY6gIYgAQYjAQYigUyEggOECMYJxjqAhiABBiMBBiKBdIBBi0xajBqOagCDrACAfEF7yqR2TJ83Cg&client=ms-android-mpcs-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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The google search you link is weird. The first article is a Forbes article that tells me that Ukraine took the Patriot systems Israel no longer wanted or needed, but that’s not unusual nor relevant.
It is an interesting example of how numbers are massaged in Israel. The US stores weapons and ammunition in Israel. When Israel accesses this, it becomes military aid and added to the ledger. If it ages out, it’s usually removed and brought back to the US and destroyed but not counted as aid. This way Israel always has an extensive supply but its not counted as military aid until it is used. In this particular case, the Patriot systems and missiles were no longer wanted and the US transferred them to Ukraine. In this way, it was never listed as military aid to Israel and is now considered aid to Ukraine — I suppose its better than being destroyed or rusting out in some US base.
Its difficult to get accurate numbers on US military aid anywhere. Its sometimes considered secret or will be hidden in foreign aid numbers. However, the US supplied about $4 billion in aid to Israel last year and almost all of it can be considered military aid. When Graham mentions running out of bombs, its the ammunition stored in Israel which the Israeli’s emptied and ran up the $4 billion in aid.
The numbers for Ukraine vary widely anywhere from 5 to 17 billion. Yes that’s more than Israel but it’s a far bigger war. In addition, the figures generally include economic aid; i.e. infrastructure, veteran health care, trade, etc. Most economic aid is given with conditions that are beneficial to US companies thus a lot of this money will go back to US companies. In terms of strictly military aid, a lot of the weapons and ammunition given to Ukraine are out of date and would likely be scrapped if not used by the Ukrainians (as pointed out by the Forbes article).
This is my long winded way of saying Graham was definitely talking about Israeli use of bombs and US aid to Ukraine is nowhere near the hardship some like to paint it. (I’d also argue its far more beneficial to US interests than supporting Israel but that’s a different discussion)
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Denmark has some of the high taxes for their social programs. We are taxed enough and much goes to non citizens here illegally thanks to the Democrats. And yes some are being forgiven their school loans paid for by tax payers who didn’t or couldn’t afford to attend college…
SNAP benefits are out of control leaving grown able bodied men and women sitting on their collective arses being financed by hard working taxpayers. There is a time and place for benefits but not for those who can get off their laziness and work!
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To me, Graham seemed to be kidding about not having any more bombs.
For any who might be interested, here is the whole speech, only about nine minutes long:
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Most said women could be stay at home moms when I did it, too. I am for families working out what is best for their situation as long as the children are not hurt. I know moms who do it now, too, although they are also told it cannot be done.
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Maybe the bombs were stockpiles of old technology that got used instead of buried? I don’t know nothing about bombs, but just a logical guess. Maybe less expensive to use them than to dispose of them? An old accountant never retires from considering things like that, lol
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Comparing tax rates is incredibly difficult as brackets differ, currencies fluctuate, lower jurisdictions, etc Denmark obviously have higher taxes than the US but it’s not as bad as it looks.
I found this list to be intuitively accurate. My own taxes as a middle class single parent would match the numbers given here. These numbers indicate the US rates aren’t unusual.
https://www.worlddata.info/income-taxes.php
The other thing to consider is what you get for your taxes. The minimal expectation you can have from your state is law and order, stability, basic infrastructure, and enough social services that bread riots don’t occur. On the upper end you would expect the basics plus health and education.
Looking at the above list you can see places like France and Sweden are getting the most bang for their buck. The question has to be asked why the US (and Canada) can’t do better. And no I don’t think investing billions in the security infrastructure ( ie ICE) will help. Nor do I think SNAP recipients are holding the US back.
SNAP recipients are 40% children and of those in the working age 18 to 65, over 70% are working. And of course migrants aren’t eligible for SNAP. The US spends far more on “security” forces (police, ICE, border, etc) than any other country and for what?
Its difficult to switch focus but if both Canada and US would spend less on security and deciding on who is eligible and just have universal programs, they might become more efficient like France and Sweden.
The other issue is the actual specifics of tax policy. Why is “investment” income taxed at a lower rate than salary/hourly workers? Why not limit CEO income? Apply negative income tax to the lower income workers. Etc.
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Kizzie — he’s not only kidding, he’s drunk.
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Janice — in all liklihood you are right. And another reason why its difficult to accurately measure military aid numbers. Most NATO donations to Ukraine include weapons and ammunition ready to expire
hrw
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HRW – When I was looking for the video, I saw a couple comments somewhere that also said he was drunk. That certainly is a possibility, as he did seem rather jovial. (But I don’t want to assert that in case it’s not true.)
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Do you have any proof to back that “expiring” ammo claim HRW?
Because that sounds like BS.
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