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Jul 29 2020 03:24pm
Quote (inkanddagger @ 29 Jul 2020 16:46)
A couple million dollars can only pay like 2,000 people's rent for a single month. 28 million are facing evictions because of the Republican bungling of the Covid response.

Let's get more specific:

Average rent for a two bedroom is $1343: https://www.abodo.com/blog/2019-annual-rent-report/

Bernie made $1.1 million from his book, and his estimated net worth is $2 million: https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/bernie-sanders-net-worth-14678955

So he could "bail out" 1,489 American households for a single month, or 124 for a year while going completely broke.

Meanwhile, the $6 billion just included for weapons of war (which the DoD doesn't even want) could cover 4 million American households. The total military funding in the proposed Republican "Covid relief" bill is $21 billion. That could help nearly 16 million American households.

good he should start there then. and the military spending is absurd. tell you what we are saving money pulling troops out of Germany use that savings to pay people’s rent

This post was edited by excellence on Jul 29 2020 03:25pm
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Jul 29 2020 03:32pm
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good he should start there then. and the military spending is absurd. tell you what we are saving money pulling troops out of Germany use that savings to pay people’s rent


What are we going to do with all of the tanks in Germany?

Bring them back to the US and for what?

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Jul 29 2020 03:32pm
Do you think US will end up with more deads/million than Belgium ?
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Jul 29 2020 03:37pm
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What are we going to do with all of the tanks in Germany?

Bring them back to the US and for what?

sell them to Germany
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Jul 29 2020 03:38pm
Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Jul 29 2020 02:32pm)
Do you think US will end up with more deads/million than Belgium ?


I think that would be really tough to do. I think worst case scenario is that we pass Italy.
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Jul 29 2020 03:47pm
Quote (excellence @ Jul 29 2020 05:37pm)
sell them to Germany


They designed em lol.
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Jul 29 2020 04:00pm
Quote (Skinned @ 29 Jul 2020 17:47)
They designed em lol.

that’s even better they should highly value well-made prized assets. maybe they can joyride some due east if the need arises
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Jul 29 2020 04:03pm
Quote (excellence @ Jul 29 2020 02:24pm)
good he should start there then. and the military spending is absurd. tell you what we are saving money pulling troops out of Germany use that savings to pay people’s rent



Asking someone to personally fund .0053% of people affected by the Republican economic failure is a stupid proposal.

But sure, we should close our military bases around the world, downsize the military massively, and stop spending billions on killing people and instead use it to improve the quality of life for millions.
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Jul 29 2020 04:09pm
Quote (inkanddagger @ 29 Jul 2020 18:03)
Asking someone to personally fund .0053% of people affected by the Republican economic failure is a stupid proposal.

But sure, we should close our military bases around the world, downsize the military massively, and stop spending billions on killing people and instead use it to improve the quality of life for millions.

no its not a stupid proposal to have a millionaire socialist politician lead by example and share the wealth. i’d love to skip having to fund my next housing payment and have it covered by the government, as would most of the people posting here

and i dont disagree on the latter
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Jul 29 2020 04:15pm
Quote (thundercock @ 29 Jul 2020 23:38)
I think that would be really tough to do. I think worst case scenario is that we pass Italy.


That's what i was thinking until i realize that it is mostly a problem of reacting quickly enough. Yet i think it's possible, and US gov leadership has a key role on that.
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