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In reply to the discussion: We just can't afford to take care of all the poor people in the world. [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)25. Don't forget the fossil fuel industries killing all of us to squeeze every drop of oil and lump of
coal and turn it into $$$$$!
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Well, gee! Doncha know the war profiteers must have their money first! I mean, they MATTER!
CaliforniaPeggy
Aug 2014
#1
There might be less poor people in the world if we stopped destroying their countries nt
newfie11
Aug 2014
#5
One plane, the F35 has wasted enough money to pay for universal health care for the entire
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#7
You can BET someone has done the math to figure out how to KILL all the poor people of the earth.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#11
It is the Anointed One that want all of the poor to give everything they have to his Dominion
DhhD
Aug 2014
#16
"EEE-ficiency and PRO-gress is ours once more, now that we have the NEU-tron bomb!"
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#82
It helps that most of them are Brown, killing Brown people is something we do real good
randys1
Aug 2014
#78
Don't forget the fossil fuel industries killing all of us to squeeze every drop of oil and lump of
Dustlawyer
Aug 2014
#25
If your assumption is that the money would be given directly to the poor, then ....
Scuba
Aug 2014
#24
I don't think the numbers are correct. But I agree wholeheartedly with the
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#74
Find a way to make caring for the poor profitable and making bombs unprofitable
liberal N proud
Aug 2014
#51
Too bad so many DUers have missed the point, that we cherish blowing stuff up more than feeding
drynberg
Aug 2014
#55
We have to choose between: eradicate poverty or have a tiny cabal richer than kings
Taitertots
Aug 2014
#65
It's because people don't think logically much of the time. It's true
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#75