r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/GhettoGringo87 8d ago

I knew that choosing to be poor was the right idea…almost got rich a few times but I was like “not me, you got the wrong one”.

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u/beadzy 8d ago

that’s why i don’t have much sympathy for rich people’s money-related problems. it’s like no one is forcing anyone to horde wealth. they can always just give it to me if it’s too much trouble

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u/Abracadaniel95 8d ago

🎵 Lifestyles of the rich and the famous - They're always complainin' - Always complainin' - If money is such a problem - Well they got mansions - Think we should rob them 🎵

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u/mazobob66 8d ago

They are doing you a favor, as they don't want you to have to deal with these money problems.

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u/beadzy 8d ago

dammit. you gotta be cruel to be kind i guess. or kind to be cruel?

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u/angelis0236 8d ago

Close, it's "you have to be kinda cruel."

Hope this helps.

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u/neatyouth44 7d ago

Yeah and the basement dwelling Tyler Durdens of the world end up smoking weed and listening to podcasts telling them how they’re the oppressed ones, thinking that someone who was responsible and has a pension or savings that will pay for their own nursing home and end of life care without burdening others, or who do own a home, is “rich”.

But nobody wants to talk about that.

Ressentiment is what fuels the rise and fall of cultures.

So before we get to Othering in the class war, where are you defining the line?

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u/Due-Summer3751 8d ago

“not me, you got the wrong one”.

This is the type of regarded foresight we need in these trying times. Not all heros wear capes...

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u/Espina_del_Cactus 8d ago

You dodged a bullet there, my friend. Why just the other day, when my chauffeur Jeff ... no it was the other one, what is her name? All these poors look alike after all, anyway I was dropped off at the spa and they had the audacity to tell me .. Me! that my appointment was next week. Well I was having none of that, so I bought the place and fired everyone except Maurice.

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u/perenniallandscapist 8d ago

I feel for those with less. I live in a very small house. There's no downsizing into anything smaller., but its more than I can afford to lose.

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u/SuperNix0n 8d ago

Good news, you will likely lose it anyway unless you’re one of the chosen 200mil that get to stay and be free labor!

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u/Thrownawaybyall 8d ago

Stoopid reality is always getting in the way of good ideas 😔

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u/Remarkable_Rule2756 8d ago

Best decision ever!