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Edwird -> RE: The Nation's Money is most safe in the hands of Whom? (1/2/2018 7:07:12 PM)
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ORIGINAL: tamaka
Ok... best utilization to maintain the safety & security of thse United States
Well looking at some examples;
We have given oil companies copious subsidies, a plethora of tax breaks, etc. and then caused world disturbance by invading the ME to stake a claim for their benefit, resulting large increase of terrorism. So I think we can estimate that multi-trillion dollar expense to not being put in the "for safety" column. Conversely, cutting them off completely would at least reduce "unsafety," with the added benefit of all energy technologies now being on a level playing field. Of course, as soon as we invade Germany for rights to their solar panels I'll be proved wrong, but until then . . .
We give gazillions in subsidies and price supports to farmers, but the agro-chem companies decide what pittance of that actually stays with the farmer, by way of expensive poisons, and poison-proof crops, and 'terminator seeds' so the farmers can't use what they paid astronomical sums for in the first place, so as to maintain over-supply to obtain price supports. Not sure where any of that comes into safety or security, but it doesn't sound quite 'reassuring' in any case.
The banks destroyed trillions of wealth earned by citizens, ~6 million homes lost to foreclosure, ~11 million equivalent jobs lost, etc. So, the government figured out the thing to do was award them for the effort by way of mega-bailout.
I think we won't put that $4+ trillion gone down the sewer in the "for security" column.
If I were thinking in terms of something like "better society and economy," however, the quick answer would be that if we take all those many trillions described above, there would easily be enough to pay the lower echelon workers their actual worth, provide free education for two years after HS, and low cost education thereafter.
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