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[–] captainstrange ago (edited ago)
So basically make welfare a sort of loan backed up by the federal government.
I mean, people bitch and moan about income tax, but many of them wouldn't be able to save at all without it.
What part of being onready at all times to be ordered to your death, in service of your nation's interests (though they've been hijacked for a while now) does not constitute 'services rendered'?
The navy at the least, though military in general, is basically "courage on demand" or "violence as a service", thats why we call it the service.
And while they are in they give up their freedom to perform that service.
If you sip a fucking latte tomorrow be thankful it's not $10 instead of $5, on account of the fact someone (a lot of someones) stand ready to send some foreigners to whatever gods they choose so that you can afford the gas, the sugar, and the oil and plastic that comes from those countries--products involved in the manufacture and delivery of the things you buy, the things that make up your 'lifestyle.'
They don't just fight for "freedom" or something like that, they also fight for "economic freedom" at the expense of strangers who don't look like us, who don't think like us, who in all likelihood hate us, and would do the same to us given half the chance.
This is the way of the world, be thankful you don't have to dirty your hands.