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I'm proposing we throw good money into basic human necessities instead of investing in weapons, and that our measures of success be linked to human health and w
by macawfish 10y ago
I'm proposing we throw good money into basic human necessities instead of investing in weapons, and that our measures of success be linked to human health and wellbeing, not to level of absolute exploitation.
- mattnewton 10y agoI wish that was on the table. Even still gp's point would stand that beggars have a hard time justifying being choosers.
- macawfish 10y agoAppreciate this moderate take. It's the cold hard truth of American capitalism, especially in places like Michigan, but it doesn't mean we can't wish for humane policies!
- bmelton 10y agoWhat does capitalism have to do with it? It's almost universally agreed that government choices were the ones at fault, and whether capitalist, socialist, whatever, cost vs. quality is still a factor.
- 8note 10y agobe ause it's near guaranteed that someone made a nice profit on making Flint's water leaded
- hueving 10y agoNone of which is related to whether or not its sustainable to keep pumping money into Flint.
- macawfish 10y agoA city without clean drinking water is unsustainable, regardless of how much money you "pump" into it. You can't drink money.
- AnthonyMouse 10y agoThe problem is that Flint is unsustainable even after you fix the water. That's why nobody will loan them the money.
- koolba 10y agoWho said anything about weapons? The point being argued is that rather than spend $100M to fix a broken city, spend it to relocate the former residents elsewhere.
- macawfish 10y agoThe President of the United States just proposed to raise the defense budget by $54 billion. That's 540x this fix in a single year.
- malandrew 10y agoWhile I don't agree on our defense spending budget and I'd love for us to cut back, there are a few things worth pointing out. 1) money spent on defense is orthogonal to the argument being made. Your point is a good one, but it still doesn't refute the point that it's good money following bad money. 2) While I don't think it's the best industry that we could be investing in, many people see defense spending as investing in the American people. One of the chief exports of the US is war, defense and weaponry. Lots of countries our customers of the US and there are lots of towns and cities that would be economically hurt (to the point of dying like Flynt) depending on how our defense spending was cut.