Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"How much is this going to cost?"
Its telling that hardly anyone dare ask that question when its something involving the military, but its the question (asked over and over and over again) when we want to give people access to healthcare or feed poor kids.
Its all bullshit.
5 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

"How much is this going to cost?" (Original Post)
writerJT
Yesterday
OP
Irish_Dem
(71,353 posts)1. The US has no money for education, healthcare, science, govt services, Soc Security, Medicaid/Medicare, etc etc.
But there is always money for war and killing people.
maveric
(16,894 posts)4. And tax breaks for billionaires.
Bayard
(25,592 posts)2. Agreed
Like a protest sign says:
If there's money for a military parade, there's money for Medicaid.
Sneederbunk
(16,265 posts)3. A lot more than a damn parade.
And I don't think the parade killed anybody.
Ping Tung
(2,759 posts)5. I suspect it will cost the Masters of War quite a bit to donate to finance Trump's "I;"m a hero" commercials.