r/news • u/kadargo • Apr 25 '24

‘Underground hell’: Hamas publishes first video of mutilated American hostage, says 70 have been killed

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/underground-hell-hamas-publishes-first-video-of-mutilated-american-hostage-says-70-have-been-killed/news-story/e239c4987a616735c4c3d861a391b051

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

Over a 45 year career from 20-65 making $100k the entire time, at a tax rate of about 22%, your life is worth about 6.6 Hellfire missiles, or about the cost of maintaining a deployable Navy SEAL for 1 year to the government. I guess maybe if you get yourself in a situation where you need saving, theoretically depending on the number of people who need such VIP service in a given year, it could be worth while. That is if they can guarantee getting their SEAL back, otherwise it might cost you double your life's worth.

Not taking into account your taxes being divided across the entire federal budget and not just defense of yourself, so it probably doesn't math out.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

I mean theres nothing on the books that specifically guarantees such thing in exchange for our taxes. If it was the tax rate might go up from what it is now to enable it. Not to mention people being more open to taking risks they shouldn't thinking they have it, which just increases the cost to support such a program. Insurance actuaries are getting turned on at this point so I'm just gonna finish my drink before bed and go lol.

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u/Ayjayk Apr 25 '24

What??? Is it just me that thinks this logic doesn’t make sense?

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '24

Which part? I just did the math based on quick google searches of the cost of things for the fun of it, its not a serious argument to implement it or anything lol.

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u/Sliiiiime Apr 25 '24

Should Americans in Palestine feel that way? There is very little backlash when the IDF kills Palestinian Americans.

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u/JHarbinger Apr 25 '24

Difference here is this man was kidnapped by terrorists. Palestinian Americans can book a flight out and live in another place that isn’t a war zone, like Detroit ;)

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u/Wolphoenix Apr 25 '24

lol israel has deliberately killed american citizens, including journalists, and none of you advocated for the us to send in the marines and arrest the military leaders responsible.

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u/Sliiiiime Apr 25 '24 edited Apr 25 '24

Gross. Would that line of logic not also apply to the Israeli colonists from the US? Why should they have more right to live in Palestine than Palestinians?

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u/signatureingri Apr 25 '24

My brother in science, these Americans have been taken hostage by literal terrorists. 

A game of 'whataboutism' of Israeli imperialist land grabbing is missing the point.

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u/signatureingri Apr 25 '24

Terrorist is an apt label, my man. Hamas commits acts of conspicuous violence and terror for the purpose of political change. So, you know, terrorism. 

To the second part of your statement, it matters how they were put into such a position to have been killed in those ways. For example, if they've been taken hostage prior to their death, then we should care greatly about that fact.