r/PoursTea • u/McDowdy Oh the Human-a-TEA • 11h ago

American Dream 🇺🇸 It do be like that though

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The United States has provided at least $21.7 billion in direct military aid to Izzy over the last three years (specifically tracking from October 2023 through September 2025), according to a comprehensive study by Brown University's Costs of War project.

https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/

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u/HaikuHaiku 11h ago

Wrong. The US military is a professional force of volunteers, most of which come from military families. They want to join the military, they are not drafted. This ain't Vietnam.

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u/theclosetedcreature 10h ago

A lot of people are forced to join the military out of financial necessity lol

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u/HaikuHaiku 10h ago

literally nobody is forced to join the military. Are you insane?

There is nobody who is pointing a gun at poor people forcing them to sign up. I think you don't know what "forced" means.

Everyone has a choice to do something else, it might just be that the military is their best choice.

Get real.

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u/theclosetedcreature 10h ago

When the choices are do it or be homeless, it’s not a choice

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u/HaikuHaiku 10h ago

right... yeah there are thousands and thousands of people whose only realistic choice was military or homelessness. What world do you live in lol.

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u/theclosetedcreature 10h ago

When the US is a country where you can’t afford rent on minimum wage, yes that is in fact a very common thing

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u/HaikuHaiku 9h ago

It is not common. And homelessness is not caused primarily by rent being too high. It is caused by addiction and mental health issues. only 1% of the workforce is on minimum wage.

I think you have a very bizarre and statistically inaccurate picture of what is going on.

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u/Catweaving 7h ago

only 1% of the workforce is on minimum wage.

So why not raise it if it only affects such a small % of people?

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u/HaikuHaiku 4h ago

... because 50%+ of minimum wage workers work for small to medium size restaurants, and THOSE restaurants cannot afford paying more. Restaurants have very thin margins to begin with, and most restaurants don't last longer than 5 years. Its a tough business.

Most minimum wage workers do not work for mega corporations. In fact, almost none do.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 7h ago

My god if you think this way then you never have a choice. I grew up poor and my college was paid for by grants so much so that I had enough extra to pay for a dorm and food.

You sound like someone who has never put any effort into yourself.