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Re:It's Time to Tax Billionaires by Bajeezus on Monday October 23, 2023 @02:48PM (#37989901)
It's significantly weakening one of the US's greatest geopolitical enemies for a small fraction of the US defense budget.

Even if you don't care about the US's geopolitical aims and want to reduce the defense budget, eliminating Russia as a military threat is the best justification for reducing the defense budget and stabilizing European democracy.

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Re:It's Time to Tax Billionaires by strangesmells02 on Monday October 23, 2023 @08:51PM (#37993665)
Russia is not a military threat though. It has an economy the size of Italy. Three US states each have bigger economies than Russia. The US blew past it on every level militarily, technologically, and economically decades ago.

It has nukes but Ukraine doesnt solve that.

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Re:It's Time to Tax Billionaires by matthewfelgate on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:27AM (#37995786)
>Russia is not a military threat though

Community Notes: Russia is literally invading a US ally right now.

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Re:It's Time to Tax Billionaires by strangesmells02 on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @05:34AM (#37996708)
So what?

USA is not the world police.

If there's no strategic interest or benefit I don't think I should have to work a few extra hours per week to help pay for that war.

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Re:It's Time to Tax Billionaires by matthewfelgate on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @07:34AM (#37997594)
>no strategic interest or benefit

There is a lot of strategic interest in the US helping against Russia.

>I don't think I should have to work a few extra hours per week to help pay for that war.

Then vote for different politicians or move countries.

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Re:It's Time to Tax Billionaires by strangesmells02 on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:05AM (#38039437)
These current politicians are continuing to skyrocket the national debt.

I don't have to vote for new politicians. I just have to wait for the dollar to collapse.

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