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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The war is costing us $1B per day. They got $45B from us last year.

I got homless people sleeping in their cars at shopping centers in my neighborhood, 70yr olds working at Walmart, millions w/o health insurance.

We could have had free Universal Healthcare like most developed countries by now. Common man. Really frustrating. [/quote]

The US has spent [b]8 TRILLION dollars [/b]since 9/11 on war in the Middle East, including interest on debt and healthcare costs for veterans (source: Brown University: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/).

What did it get us? What did it get people in the ME?  What did we lose?

$ for healthcare
$ for health research.  Could we have cured cancer with that $$?
$ for more med school and residency spots and to fund med students' education
$ for education K-12
$ for lower-cost community college and trade schools
$ for mental health services
$ for homeless services/housing
$ for universal preschool/child care
$ for infrastructure: roads, bridges, airports, high-speed train corridors in the NE, West Coast, Midwest

Again, whenever issues above are brought up, people shout "where are we going to get the $$ for that??"  I think the answer is pretty simple.  See my first line above.

We're the stupidest country on the planet and it's bipartisan stupidity.  We do NOTHING to benefit our people
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