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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • as an aside - Read somewhere that this argument that the government can’t afford all of these things like healthcare, infrastructure, etc. that would help most people is bullshit. Since the federal government prints it’s own money there is nothing that it can’t afford. We spent 3 - 8 trillion on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars alone. And when people argue that it will increase inflation - sure maybe, but if you tax wealthy people more it can cover part or all of the newly printed money.

    Note: I’m a bit of an idiot about this stuff - so this article could be completely off base and I just wouldn’t know.





  • I think one of the reasons he did it was an executive from McDonald’s had stated that their food was healthy and someone could eat it everyday for a month without health consequences. His goal was to prove this was an obvious lie. Secondly how many low income people are stuck in a system where this is the only food that is conveniently available and how that is making generations of low-income households sick.

    Not sure about the alcoholism - but this wasn’t a strict scientific trial so…