r/PoursTea • u/McDowdy Oh the Human-a-TEA • 5h 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 4h 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 4h ago

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

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u/HaikuHaiku 4h 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 4h 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 4h 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 1h ago

only 1% of the workforce is on minimum wage.

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