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The problem is most people with $300 million aren't willing to spend it on this. They're more worried about how to get another $300 million. That mentality how

by dheera 3y ago

The problem is most people with $300 million aren't willing to spend it on this. They're more worried about how to get another $300 million. That mentality how they turned $150 million into $300 million in the first place. Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) who are more worried about tomorrow than 1000 years from now.

TaylorAlexander 3y ago
> Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) Government spending is decided by Congress and the President, who are not poor people. There is a convoluted selection process in which rich people (donors) select the pool of candidates from a group of rich people, and then they let poor people vote on which of the rich people selected by other rich people they would like to have make decisions for us. On a practical matter it is clear poor people do not make decisions because poor people want things like universal health coverage, but we do not have that.
user3939382 3y ago
> Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) Government spending is mostly decided by huge corporations, firstly the arms industry. If poor people controlled our budget we wouldn't have throngs of homeless people in every city in the country.
hotnfresh 3y ago
> Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) who are more worried about tomorrow than 1000 years from now. I’m fairly sure studies of voter sentiment & positions vs. legislative activities and executive priorities do not back up this guess.
elzbardico 3y ago
Yeah, I am sure poor people prefer to give dozens of billions every year to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop, General Dynamics, BAE et caterva instead of affordable public housing and public health. I see the homeless living on their tents, the inner city blacks and the white unemployable rednecks gnashing their teeth in unison: "Don't you dare buy a single F-35 less to give us some fucking stinking doctors!" That's exactly how it is, a perfect democracy.

by dheera 3y ago

TaylorAlexander 3y ago

> Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) Government spending is decided by Congress and the President, who are not poor people. There is a convoluted selection process in which rich people (donors) select the pool of candidates from a group of rich people, and then they let poor people vote on which of the rich people selected by other rich people they would like to have make decisions for us. On a practical matter it is clear poor people do not make decisions because poor people want things like universal health coverage, but we do not have that.

user3939382 3y ago

> Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) Government spending is mostly decided by huge corporations, firstly the arms industry. If poor people controlled our budget we wouldn't have throngs of homeless people in every city in the country.

hotnfresh 3y ago

> Government spending on the other hand, is mostly decided by poor people (majority of voters) who are more worried about tomorrow than 1000 years from now. I’m fairly sure studies of voter sentiment & positions vs. legislative activities and executive priorities do not back up this guess.

elzbardico 3y ago

Yeah, I am sure poor people prefer to give dozens of billions every year to Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop, General Dynamics, BAE et caterva instead of affordable public housing and public health. I see the homeless living on their tents, the inner city blacks and the white unemployable rednecks gnashing their teeth in unison: "Don't you dare buy a single F-35 less to give us some fucking stinking doctors!" That's exactly how it is, a perfect democracy.