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Did you just do an emotional appeal devoid of logic (but taking advantage of deaths of 200,000 people)?
by cscurmudgeon 4y ago
Did you just do an emotional appeal devoid of logic (but taking advantage of deaths of 200,000 people)?
- kennywinker 4y agoWell, if you believe that the only thing the lives at stake have to do with are emotions, then yes I did. But usually the reason for spending money is considered part of the rational decision making process.
- cscurmudgeon 4y agoWell, at least you care more than Zelensky. https://www.ndtv.com/feature/oscars-reject-ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelenskys-request-to-speak-at-the-ceremony-3850622 https://www.ndtv.com/feature/oscars-reject-ukraine-president... Btw, the govt is responsible for this mess as they prevented narrow banking. So, nothing morally wrong with a public bailout. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-08/the-fed-versus-the-narrow-bank https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-08/the-fe... In a way, the govt is obligated to bailout the depositors as the govt. prevented safer forms of banking. And to reiterate the amount will be small compared to US govt spending on allies and internal losses due to govt. corruption and ineptitude. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/28/report-transparency-international-corruption-worst-decade-united-states/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/28/report-transparency-int... https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/how-medicare-and-medicaid-fraud-became-a-100b-problem-for-the-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/how-medicare-and-medicaid-fr... https://www.concernusa.org/story/foreign-aid-by-country/ https://www.concernusa.org/story/foreign-aid-by-country/