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      Just saw another article about how they’re trying to cut SSI/SSDI payments for disabled people who live with their families.

      The level of malice and greed from these politicians is astounding…

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    This is at most half the actual cost. The economic losses alone were estimated at like 600 billion. Its so dumb and there’s nothing to show for it but a pile of dead children.

    Is making Netanyahu happy worth any of this? But hey a lot of really shitty people are now richer.

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    and yet, they STILL can’t get universal healthcare. one war, a few weeks, $25B. Fuckwits.

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      they do just for military members and thier “tricareatops/dependapotamus”(a term use by former or current about spouses dating service member solely for this healthcare option) spouses and low costs, plus cheap housing loans.

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    And even by war standards the us has kinda done nothing?

    Bases in the area? Evacuated.

    Allies in the area? Wishing they where not.

    Friendly Oil infrastructure? On fire.

    Iran’s fighting capacity? Largely unchanged and now decentralized and acting independently (that is a bad thing for the us)

    The strait? Now double closed.

    Us image as a superpower? shattered.

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      The USA is utterly unmatched in its capability to destroy things militarily. But for nearly 80 years has been utterly incapable of fighting a war.

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        Yeah I was going to say they can’t seem to hold territory at all, but this conflict showed they can’t even degrade the military of a near modern nation anymore. The logistics of the us military have also seemed to collapse if the state of their ships and lack of advanced munitions are to go by.

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    Assuming this is entirelly honest, this is only the direct costs of the US military action, not the military costs of Israel which the US subsidizes or indirect costs to American businesses and consumers due to higher energy costs as well as due to, higher in various production chains a lack or higher prices of things produced in plants in counries in the area which are US allies and hence were destroyed by Iran or which are exported in routes that go via the Strait.

    And then on top of the above described costs for the US, all the non-military costs also apply to the rest of the World almost certainly adding up to many-fold the costs for the US. Even in an American-centric perspective the ill-will towards the US from this has future costs for the US in terms of missing international business opportunities and reduced preference abroad for American products.

    Then on top of that there is additional damage to the image of the US at governmental level all over the World which can even accelerated the end of the Reserve Currency status for the USD, and which depending on much that’s accelerated would mean Economic losses for the US next to which the $25 billion are a microscopic amount.

    The whole thing is proper next level winning! /s

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    US-Iran War Cost Tracker

    Ceasefire — Standby Costs Operation Epic Fury

    Last updated: April 29, 2026 · Auto-refreshed from CSIS, Pentagon, and Penn Wharton models

    Total Estimated Cost to US Taxpayers $31.63B

    • 60 Days Since Start
    • $2,025 Current Rate/sec
    • $7.29M Current Rate/hour
    • $175.00M Standby Rate/day

    Src: https://militaryspend.org/us-iran-war