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Your point about interest payments on the debt doesn't seem to support the assertion that we should go into more debt. It's not like we have a choice about cont

Your point about interest payments on the debt doesn't seem to support the assertion that we should go into more debt. It's not like we have a choice about continuing to make interest payments, which makes it a false comparison. Regardless, I'm pretty sure the definition of murder doesn't include defunding programs with the knowledge that doing so will lead some people to die. If that were the case, then Joe Biden "murdered" the Americans who were killed by the illegal immigrants whom he willingly let across the border (by not funding ICE or allowing them to do their job). It was obvious that by letting in millions of them, some of them would end up killing people. Would you say he is a murderer too?

toomuchtodo 1mo ago
Going to a war with Iran that cannot be won for Israel was a choice, yeah? There ya go, $100B in savings, no DOGE theatrics required. It is apparent (hah) you have a rigid conservative mental model, you’re not going to change your mind based on the data. It’s fine. The data and facts stand regardless of talking points socialized. (native US citizens commit crimes at a higher rate than immigrants, here legally or not) https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigra... https://www.nber.org/papers/w31440 https://www.nber.org/papers/w31440 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6241529/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6241529/
- apparent 1mo ago
  Going to war with Iran seems like a dumb idea, but I don't remember Elon being involved in that. It doesn't really matter whether native born Americans commit crimes at higher rates than illegal immigrants. We shouldn't have any illegal immigrants here, so every additional crime is one we should not have had to endure. Also, if you want to look at how crime breaks down demographically in America, there are some striking patterns that might not fit your preferred narrative.

toomuchtodo 1mo ago

Going to a war with Iran that cannot be won for Israel was a choice, yeah? There ya go, $100B in savings, no DOGE theatrics required. It is apparent (hah) you have a rigid conservative mental model, you’re not going to change your mind based on the data. It’s fine. The data and facts stand regardless of talking points socialized. (native US citizens commit crimes at a higher rate than immigrants, here legally or not) https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigra... https://www.nber.org/papers/w31440 https://www.nber.org/papers/w31440 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6241529/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6241529/

apparent 1mo ago
Going to war with Iran seems like a dumb idea, but I don't remember Elon being involved in that. It doesn't really matter whether native born Americans commit crimes at higher rates than illegal immigrants. We shouldn't have any illegal immigrants here, so every additional crime is one we should not have had to endure. Also, if you want to look at how crime breaks down demographically in America, there are some striking patterns that might not fit your preferred narrative.