easilyscan 959 Posted July 23 I like to keep an eye on stations like CNN & MSNBC to see what kind of BS they're peddling. Happened upon this story regarding Afghanistan & USAID late last night. They have the nerve to show the death of a child. Attempting to shame/blame the US starts around 8:30 https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/world/video/digvid-ldn-afghanistan-usaid-isobel-yeung I've heard people on this forum say we're the richest nation on earth & should share our fortune with the rest of the world. Are we really ? The government (which is us BTW) certainly isn't. 38 trillion in debt, + another 175 trillion in current/future unfunded liabilities relating to SS & Medicare. That isn't counting recurring misc debt we add every so often. Bailing out the USPS pension every couple years, subsidizing Amtrak, billions in agriculture subsidies etc, I suppose someone could argue that we should count real estate and the capitalization of the US markets. U.S. residential housing $50 trillion..... Stock market capitalization 32 trillion (the magnificent 7 alone account for over 21 trillion) We could all give up our houses and all of our stocks/funds/savings/bonds etc. & we'd still be about 131 trillion in debt. While it's unfortunate people are dying, I respect his answers, especially when he says we don't have the money to give, we're borrowing it. If the debt figures shown above were surplus figures, I'd be fine with funding parts of the world that need it, unfortunately that's not the case. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,944 Posted July 24 5 minutes ago, Sandy Loam said: #crickets Is that your center-right position? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellToupee 1,962 Posted July 24 3 hours ago, jerryskids said: Is that your center-right position? he’s a broken man 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seafoam1 3,236 Posted July 24 1 minute ago, HellToupee said: he’s a broken man poor pimpledoosh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
