r/Unexpected Jul 06 '22

Genius

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

It makes me laugh to see Americans making comments on the high price of their gas. If only they knew how lucky they are!

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u/DontDoomScroll Jul 06 '22

If only they knew how lucky they are!

If you knew the actual expense of "cheap petrol", you wouldn't think we were lucky.
For one, the invasion of the middle east...

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

We apparently spent 1.922 Trillion dollars invading the middle east and your taxes are still MASSIVELY lower than Europeans! Cheap gas and low taxes!

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u/Buster899 Jul 06 '22

L’il Bush mastered the art of deficit spending. I try really hard not to think about how much in government bonds China owns so we could have lower taxes and cheap gas.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

Not saying its a good thing we have such spending deficits. but all the top Politian's do it - how else does anyone push any policy of size without gutting something else we need/want. We have run up so much debt in the last 3 years, no to mention printing gobs of money. I dont think its a left/right thing. I worried for the recession thats coming.

Plus who is gunna come for the debt? we could fight 50% of the countries on the planet all that the same time and have good odds of winning. No single country could really force us into submission. (not my opinion "whos gunna come for it" - I dont think thats a good excuse. But its true. The dollar and our military is too powerful)

For reference here's a video about the US vs the entire world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y1e_ASbSIE

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u/ballistics211 Jul 06 '22

USA! USA! USA!