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daleanime

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48. zero return for everyone "expect"....

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #43)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 12:48 PM

Aug 2014

I think that point was covered nicely. You really believe that's the best way to simulate the economy?

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We just can't afford to take care of all the poor people in the world. [View all] Scuba Aug 2014 OP

Well, gee! Doncha know the war profiteers must have their money first! I mean, they MATTER! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #1

The arrogance and gall are astonishing. I'll join you... Mnemosyne Aug 2014 #4

kick and rec nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #2

K&R jwirr Aug 2014 #3

There might be less poor people in the world if we stopped destroying their countries nt newfie11 Aug 2014 #5

But if we fed them, they would just be poor next year! n2doc Aug 2014 #6

One plane, the F35 has wasted enough money to pay for universal health care for the entire Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #7

Based on what mathematics? Indydem Aug 2014 #39

Based on hyperbole.....calm down. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #42

If you add that to what we are already paying in health care costs.... daleanime Aug 2014 #45

And that's based on what mathematics? BobbyBoring Aug 2014 #69

We need the plane, without it billionaires cant get richer... randys1 Aug 2014 #77

We Can't Afford NOT to Leith Aug 2014 #8

Your question haunts me daily... ReRe Aug 2014 #17

War is a splendidly, spectacularly profitable racket for the 1%. hifiguy Aug 2014 #58

Well... ReRe Aug 2014 #60

Sorry... hifiguy Aug 2014 #61

K&R nt Zorra Aug 2014 #9

K&R abelenkpe Aug 2014 #10

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

Not all of the poor people obxhead Aug 2014 #15

It is the Anointed One that want all of the poor to give everything they have to his Dominion DhhD Aug 2014 #16

Someone posted a video a while back from Texas.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #35

That'd be Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys KamaAina Aug 2014 #73

"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

We need another "Mr. Conductor". Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #79

What we can't afford any more is the collective global 1% (really 0.01%)... Moostache Aug 2014 #12

+1 Scuba Aug 2014 #19

Don't forget the fossil fuel industries killing all of us to squeeze every drop of oil and lump of Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #25

+1 daleanime Aug 2014 #47

k and r for this amazingly simple concept and fact. niyad Aug 2014 #13

Yes, it's an amazingly simple concept. delete_bush Aug 2014 #34

K&R for truth. nt TBF Aug 2014 #14

"Where There's Smoke, There's Work!" ~ George Leroy Tirebiter Hubert Flottz Aug 2014 #18

We Can Only Afford to Kill Everyone mckara Aug 2014 #20

K&R ReRe Aug 2014 #21

That approximation seems suspect brachism Aug 2014 #22

If your assumption is that the money would be given directly to the poor, then .... Scuba Aug 2014 #24

Give it to the world's poor; as wages. Half-Century Man Aug 2014 #29

NO amount of money spent has ZERO return hfojvt Aug 2014 #43

zero return for everyone "expect".... daleanime Aug 2014 #48

Wow. You managed to stuff some words in his mouth joeglow3 Aug 2014 #54

Gee, your right... daleanime Aug 2014 #59

I may have mentioned in my post hfojvt Aug 2014 #66

Still was mentioned..... daleanime Aug 2014 #67

I think they pointed out the flaw in someones reasoning joeglow3 Aug 2014 #68

You've conveniently omitted the fact that ... Scuba Aug 2014 #80

because I am sure that is not true hfojvt Aug 2014 #81

If there are 1 billion poor people... BlueCheese Aug 2014 #32

I give up. The Human Race is so fucked up. Sorry but that's the truth! YOHABLO Aug 2014 #23

Right there with you. abelenkpe Aug 2014 #31

Agreed 100%. Amonester Aug 2014 #33

End the war spending - perfect. No argument here! demwing Aug 2014 #26

I don't think the numbers are correct. But I agree wholeheartedly with the Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #74

I agree with the sentiment of the first statement, but the second... LittleBlue Aug 2014 #27

Your right, it does seem low.... daleanime Aug 2014 #50

It's all in what you mean by "take care of". Ken Burch Aug 2014 #28

Where does that 135 Billion come from? Is that for a year, etc? nt Logical Aug 2014 #30

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #36

But killing poverty would kill the war machine, and the very richest people valerief Aug 2014 #37

Wow, the US alone spent $82 billion on food stamps last year, hughee99 Aug 2014 #38

Why is math so HARD?!! Indydem Aug 2014 #40

we have a winner. blackspade Aug 2014 #41

Those poor people aren't job creators... jeesh JCMach1 Aug 2014 #44

we can't afford the rich not paying their fair share. pansypoo53219 Aug 2014 #46

K and R geardaddy Aug 2014 #49

Find a way to make caring for the poor profitable and making bombs unprofitable liberal N proud Aug 2014 #51

It would be already a huge improvement, sadoldgirl Aug 2014 #52

How does $200 per person "totally eradicate poverty?" malthaussen Aug 2014 #53

Too bad so many DUers have missed the point, that we cherish blowing stuff up more than feeding drynberg Aug 2014 #55

If we would stop spending it on wars demigoddess Aug 2014 #56

When the entirety of mankind shares in your love of peace Indydem Aug 2014 #63

Maybe, but where is the profit in that? hifiguy Aug 2014 #57

BOOTSTRAPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! steve2470 Aug 2014 #62

Too mind boggling for words world wide wally Aug 2014 #64

We have to choose between: eradicate poverty or have a tiny cabal richer than kings Taitertots Aug 2014 #65

Report: 27% of Americans think poor are lazy steve2470 Aug 2014 #70

It's because people don't think logically much of the time. It's true Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2014 #75

agreed ! nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #76

The point is to lift them up out of poverty KamaAina Aug 2014 #71

Is that 135B per year? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #72