Why Rich USA Can't Afford Medicare for All but Has Spent $5.6 Trillion on War?

This Article is from 2017 please read it and than argue

Nation That Says It Can't Afford Medicare for All Has Spent $5.6 Trillion on War Since 9/11
Because, as new study notes, wars force the question: "What we might have done differently with the money spent?" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/08/nation-says-it-cant-afford-medicare-all-has-spent-56-trillion-war-911?fbclid=IwAR1eddRzskabNA9tCdPA-ZwC4YkyJ3D8ytkKwx0dp5KxpkwRomY6lrC0VLo

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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M Best Comment

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BlueVeins · 22-25

@MrBrownstone A lot of that aid is pretty well-placed; why put our own soldiers lives on the line when we can just shell out some cash to people who are fighting our enemies anyway? And in the case of Pakistan in particular, it's necessary for preventing nuclear war.

I will agree though, that some of that aid is dumb, like aid to the PRC (?????), Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, and Turkey.

ExperienceDLT · M

@MrBrownstone the answer to your question is stupidity

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@MrBrownstone @Kingfish28 You guys realize the US is rich BECAUSE of shit like foreign aid. It's not a handout, it's about stabilizing countries the US can financially exploit.

If you cut foreign aid, those countries may collapse, and US companies cannot safely operate.

This is why Trump uses foreign aid as a negotiating tool and doesn't just cancel all of it at once. The US would have LESS money if it cancelled foreign aid, not more.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@CountScrofula The US should think about it’s citizens and not corporations.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@CountScrofula Bingo.

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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@MrBrownstone Our rather paltry amount of foreign aid is mostly military aid that we use to buy influence around the world, while keeping orders flowing to our military contractors. Foreign aid is not about altruism. It's about geopolitics and national interests.

drdej19 · 70-79, M

@MrBrownstone Moderators please I want to TOOT/RETWEET...GAP this one is perfect