$.54 of every $ is spent on defense-related activity. Main political justification for defense expenditure is defense industry creates so many jobs. But $ invested in education & infrastructure actually brings a greater ROI. We can transition from a war economy to a peace economy

Apr 23, 2021 · 9:58 AM UTC

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I would love to see you debate John Bolton.
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In MMT, you could have both, with only inflation as a potential problem. When you accept Modern Monetary Theory as true, you will understand poverty in this country is actually policy.
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Our economy should not rely on flooding the world with dangerous weapons.
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War is not the same as defense. America has only known so much of preemptive warfare that it has forgotten the true meaning of defense.
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it's funny when conservatives talk about how the stimulus checks are just causing inflation. wanna know what causes inflation? spending $1 trillion dollars a year on the god damn military
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Numbers numbers numbers. $1B in MIC brings 11,000 jobs $1B in education brings 27,000 jobs brown.edu/news/2017-05-25/jo…