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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?"
Acyn @AcynQuestion: I'm a waiter at a local restaurant in Queens, a full time college student who sleeps an average of four hours a night and is still thousands in debt. How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and a panel of subject matter experts answer questions from CNNs Dana Bash and a live studio audience about the Trump administrations strategy and what may come next while hearing directly from Americans about how the conflict is impacting them.
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full town hall here: https://cnn.it/4lIghrX
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"How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?" (Original Post)
bigtree
11 hrs ago
OP
It ISN'T helping you, but it IS HURTING YOU---- as well as hurting people all over
Jack Valentino
10 hrs ago
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dpibel
(3,910 posts)1. Hard to express the level of bafflegab
Definitional Trumpism: The filibuster of lies.
Either this man is insane or he is profoundly evil.
Jack Valentino
(4,946 posts)5. BOTH! And if there is such a thing as God and The Devil,
it wasn't GOD who 'annointed/appointed' him to this position---
is was clearly 'The Devil' !!!
And he clearly IS insane, AND profoundly evil at the same time!
'maybe we should keep bombing Iran just for fun!'
~Donald Antichrist Drumph
msongs
(73,663 posts)2. student shoulda told him to quit blathering and answer the question nt
bigtree
(94,132 posts)3. the answer showed that he clearly didn't give a shit
...not the questioner's responsibility.
Why ask to be bullshitted again?
Skittles
(171,493 posts)6. it's part of the Trump whore schtick
yes INDEED
Jack Valentino
(4,946 posts)4. It ISN'T helping you, but it IS HURTING YOU---- as well as hurting people all over
the entire world!