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Re:Iran warns U.S. tech firms could become targets as war ex... by nebula8804 on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @10:39PM (#47345704)
>Aid to Israel is basically giving them weapons for free, i.e., paying US-based companies. I have no idea how did you jump from weapons to subsidizing Israel's healthcare.

Sick and tired of this old argument: Its still adding to the debt, so its socialism to increase military contractor stock prices.

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Re:Iran warns U.S. tech firms could become targets as war ex... by Jensson on Thursday March 12, 2026 @05:11AM (#47348232)
> Its still adding to the debt

Not really, this increases the profits of American oil and gas exports, USA is one of the countries that benefits from higher prices.

You could argue that just benefits petrol companies, but overall USA doesn't really lose on this its mostly the rest of the world that pays for it, and it might redistribute a bit inside USA.

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Re:Iran warns U.S. tech firms could become targets as war ex... by reliabilityguy on Thursday March 12, 2026 @06:48PM (#47358305)
Aid to Ukraine adds to the debt too, as many other things.
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