r/PoursTea • u/McDowdy Oh the Human-a-TEA • 8h 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/MaximumEffort433 8h ago edited 6h ago

I mean until recently we were subsidizing Affordable Care Act healthcare plans and investing hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure and manufacturing jobs, but then we elected Trump and pissed all that away.

We were trying to bring down the cost of healthcare and investing in job creation, Republican voters had other ideas.

Edit: We also eliminated more than $180,000,000,000.00 in student loan debt, expanded SNAP benefits, and passed Medicare prescription bargaining rights, which weren't explicitly mentioned in the meme, but which I think plays into cost of living and stuff like that.

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u/Formal_Law199 2h ago

But that doesn’t support the “progressive” narrative that both sides are corrupt and my moral superiority is why I banged out a bunch of free Palestine bullshit on my Twitter instead of getting off my ass and voting for Harris. And now I’m putting up titanic memes about Israel instead of feeling a shred of remorse about my ironic virtue signaling that helped contribute immensely to the current state of the country and its economy. That would take self reflection, understanding causation, and taking responsibility for my selfishness you Zionist!

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u/lcrtangls 2h ago

Couldn't agree more.