That’s about $100 per each of the 1.3 million active duty personnel. This news is specifically designed to elicit a defeatist response but won’t do anything for the troops.
I think that's what this administration want us to think, but in reality
White House officials said that covering the cost of military pay for the first half of October totaled about $6.5 billion. Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the American Enterprise Institute
FFS, could the news media go more than two sentences without treating a right wing hack organization like a serious viewpoint, fuck
Ugh, whatever, sorry for interrupting, do some middle school level math for us Todd
Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, said that based on that figure, the new donation will cover about one-third of one day’s pay for the force.
So, yeah, this is a dumb stunt designed to get us to think they just privatized the military, but it's actually empty bullshit
You know what is better than this "gift"? A functional tax system that actually captures and allocates what a fair share of wealth/earnings a person has or accumulates each year.
Oh it won't be distributed evenly to "the force" in any way, shape, or form; it will be used to bribe a few top officers in key positions to ensure the coup progresses smoothly without military intervention.
They are paying our military to look the other way. And our military will conveniently forget about all the oaths they swore and comply.
Fascists don't care about any part of government other than military and police. If they can keep those two funded from outside sources, they never have to pass a budget or reopen Congress and the government is effectively captured by whoever pays the bill and consist only of the violence that keeps everyone obedient.
Exactly, you get it. There are a bunch of people running around who got a cheat code for life-changing amounts of untraceable* money. They did nothing more than run the right software at the right time, but they think that makes them geniuses. They are pouring it into this administration right now, because our President has made it clear that he is for sale to the highest bidder.
* = yeah, I know BTC really is traceable, its security is in the math of large numbers. But anyone dabbling in BTC that early is at least smart enough to know how to maintain their anomymity.
If groceries cost us $500 per month and our government says it accepted $10 from an anonymous donor to help pay for next months groceries, what does it mean?
Like what just happened? Did they just make a joke / are they fucking with people?
Are they only funding their gestapo? Are they strategically activating specific personnel via a check, and ignoring less critical or more motivated soldiers?
It's as if someone threw some coins at the crowd just for a chance to talk about how it's the Democrats who "opted" not to pay them. I wish they more deliberately explored the "it costs billions to pay the military yet the 130 million is gonna do... something" part of the story.
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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 115 pts · 298d
Not our troops any longer.
They some anonymous billionaire's troops, now.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 298d
Always have been, it's just more official for a little bit. Maybe it was Haliburton again.
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 298d
^
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 298d
That’s about $100 per each of the 1.3 million active duty personnel. This news is specifically designed to elicit a defeatist response but won’t do anything for the troops.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 298d
It does not fucking matter. This is not how the US military works, and if you don't see a problem with this, then you're part of the problem.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 298d
I didn’t say I didn’t have a problem with it. I said that it was a move designed to elicit defeatism not to actually fund anything.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 298d
To me it's not about the amount though.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 298d
Me either. Which is why I pointed out that it’s designed to make you think that we have already lost. I’m really not sure what your problem is.
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org · 0 pts · 298d
JoshuaBrusque@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 298d
Fuck these pieces of shit, just pay your fair share in taxes already. Absolute dipshits.
AshMan85@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 298d
Why would they when they can just own everything? Lol
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 47 pts · 298d
The US now has its first privately funded military.
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 298d
I think that's what this administration want us to think, but in reality
FFS, could the news media go more than two sentences without treating a right wing hack organization like a serious viewpoint, fuck
Ugh, whatever, sorry for interrupting, do some middle school level math for us Todd
So, yeah, this is a dumb stunt designed to get us to think they just privatized the military, but it's actually empty bullshit
MrSmiley@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 298d
Welcome to the spectacle of hyperreality.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 298d
They'll just sell it to Erik Prince next.
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 298d
You know what is better than this "gift"? A functional tax system that actually captures and allocates what a fair share of wealth/earnings a person has or accumulates each year.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 14 pts · 298d
That's woke.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 297d
You're funny.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 36 pts · 298d
"the new donation will cover about one-third of one day’s pay for the force" Umm, OK.
MisterOwl@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 298d
Oh it won't be distributed evenly to "the force" in any way, shape, or form; it will be used to bribe a few top officers in key positions to ensure the coup progresses smoothly without military intervention.
They are paying our military to look the other way. And our military will conveniently forget about all the oaths they swore and comply.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 298d
Fascists don't care about any part of government other than military and police. If they can keep those two funded from outside sources, they never have to pass a budget or reopen Congress and the government is effectively captured by whoever pays the bill and consist only of the violence that keeps everyone obedient.
robocall@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 298d
Anonymous to us but I assume Trump knows who made the donation
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 298d
Just need to see who's balls were added to the Epstein Ballroom
Almacca@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 297d
"Epstein's Ballroom" is what he called his boxer shorts.
SillyDude@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 298d
Epstein ballroom just doesn't sound great. I've been trying to think of others. So far all I got is the Pedo Playhouse.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 297d
'Grifter's Paradise'?
JamieDub86@piefed.social · 1 pts · 297d
That's great. But I'm juvenile.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 298d
Bribe
quick_snail@feddit.nl · -7 pts · 297d
How can an anonymous donation be a bribe?
dhork@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 297d
@Bread_and_Circuses@reddthat.com
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 297d
That's literally not the definition of anonymous
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 298d
Oh, more brazenly public bribes. This is fine.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · -8 pts · 297d
How can an anonymous donation be a bribe?
Bread_and_Circuses@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 297d
Anonymous means that they don't release their name to the public, not that they don't know who it came from.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 298d
In a country awash in guns, ain’t nobody got no balls.
Well, except for that one kid.
whiwake@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 298d
Tommy “Iron Sights” Crooks?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 298d
Ree Tardy Oswald
Almacca@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 297d
'Partially' seems a bit generous. This is a bit like when I was busking and someone dropped a 5c piece in my case. I saw that as basically littering.
droopy4096@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 298d
"Government for sale" going cheap...
HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 298d
Always most politician would sell anything they can for a plain pizza and a flat coke
Almacca@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 297d
"Puppies for sale. Going cheap... going 'woof'" - The Goodies And The Beanstalk
Just a random thing that popped into my head on reading your comment :)
deacon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 298d
Billionaires really are just like you and me.
dhork@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 298d
That's only about 1200 BTC....
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 297d
So about $200 for an early miner.
dhork@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 297d
Exactly, you get it. There are a bunch of people running around who got a cheat code for life-changing amounts of untraceable* money. They did nothing more than run the right software at the right time, but they think that makes them geniuses. They are pouring it into this administration right now, because our President has made it clear that he is for sale to the highest bidder.
* = yeah, I know BTC really is traceable, its security is in the math of large numbers. But anyone dabbling in BTC that early is at least smart enough to know how to maintain their anomymity.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 297d
It's not possible to maintain anonymity on bitcoin. We were especially ignorant of that in the early days.
Also, I would argue that the majority of btc early adopotes were antifascists. The capitalists came later.
dhork@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 297d
You think these early adopters actually kept their moral compass after becoming bazillionaires? They're capitalists now, too.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 297d
Many people did, yes. Many others didn't, yes.
Not everyone is corrupted by money.
I'm one of them (well not a bazillionare, but I got in early enough to retire in my 30s). I spend most of my time doing volunteer work for nonprofits.
frankiehollywood@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 298d
Well that is very nice…..keep it coming patriots…
mhague@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d
If groceries cost us $500 per month and our government says it accepted $10 from an anonymous donor to help pay for next months groceries, what does it mean?
Like what just happened? Did they just make a joke / are they fucking with people?
Are they only funding their gestapo? Are they strategically activating specific personnel via a check, and ignoring less critical or more motivated soldiers?
It's as if someone threw some coins at the crowd just for a chance to talk about how it's the Democrats who "opted" not to pay them. I wish they more deliberately explored the "it costs billions to pay the military yet the 130 million is gonna do... something" part of the story.
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
Can we have a military coup yet?
MisterOwl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 298d
This bribe is to convince the military to look the other way.
KnitWit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 298d
This is to ensure that we won’t. Only the enforcers in this govt are being paid right now.