• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    He’s giving the money to Argentina to bail out the Secretary of Treasury’s friends, who were stupid enough to invest in a country that has defaulted 20 times in the last 70 years.

    If they are stupid enough to risk their fortunes on a country that goes bankrupt every 3.5 years on average, that’s their problem.

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    That means that roughly 42 million Americans will not receive critical food assistance

    42 Million!! WTF!!
    That’s about 15% of the population on food stamps!
    I wonder how many of them have actual full time jobs, but aren’t paid a living wage?
    Jesus Christ USA is a shithole country.

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      It’s worse than that because of how the poverty line is calculated based on the cost of food.

      Sounds like a great plan, except that we stopped there.

      Our poverty line is only calculated based on the cost of food. As is rent was free.

      15% of our population couldn’t even afford food if they didn’t pay any rent at all.

      Let that sink in and understand it’s not hyperbole when we say we are fucked.

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      If we don’t shift from a Trickle Down Economy to a Trickle Up Economy, we are going to spontaneously shift to a Robin Hood Economy, where people just take what the need.

      There are already signs of it starting with mass organized robberies, locked cabinets in stores, etc.

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    There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.

    I’m guessing they want people to riot so they can declare martial law. People who are hungry are much more likely to start getting violent than satiated people.

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    Gotta keep that contingency fund saved for important priorities like golden ballrooms for fat orange child rapists, crashing the us beef market, private planes for dog killers, and building Qatari luxury jets and bases in Idaho.

    America first? Oh and