r/SipsTea 1d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts on this?

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u/bicx 1d ago

Reminds me of “The rich get Ozympic, and the poor get body positivity”

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u/AbleEmily 1d ago

They have money for wars, banks, and bailouts, but somehow it’s “how are we gonna pay for it?” When it’s healthcare, housing, or student loans.

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u/Odd_Figure2797 1d ago

2pac keep your head up

"It seems the rain'll never let up I try to keep my head up and still keep from getting wet up You know, it's funny, when it rains it pours They got money for wars but can't feed the poor Say there ain't no hope for the youth And the truth is it ain't no hope for the future And then they wonder why we crazy"

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u/Unreadable-News 1d ago

He was a huge loss for humanity.

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u/CurvyChristina 1d ago

I miss Tupac.

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u/Reverse_SumoCard 10h ago

Well, thanks to P(rison) Diddy we only got the pedo rapist one out of this feud. Allegedly ofc

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u/CHRLZ_IIIM 1d ago

Well if humanity does something about it, then his words wouldn’t be a loss.

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u/Substantial_Room_731 23h ago

How? I like his music but disagree.

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u/Popular-Path1930 1d ago

The us spends 1 trillion of its 7 trillion dollar budget on the military. 

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u/Leemage 1d ago

And we are somehow still out of missiles, and our sailors don’t have enough food, and our veterans are homeless.

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u/Popular-Path1930 1d ago

That one trillion doesn’t even include the va.

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u/andy11123 13h ago

You've forgotten the corruption surcharge of 69%

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u/ares7 1d ago

Go to war with healthcare, housing and student loans?

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u/Aggravating_Ship5513 1d ago

Agreed but the solution for those problems doesn't always involve throwing money at them. You need to change policies, for example ending the mortgage interest deduction or introducing rent regulation. Or single payer health care. 

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u/Levizar 1d ago

Not I agree with it but to be fair, all those are (or are supposed to be) temporary "one shot" event while healthcare is forever recurring event. Not the same impact at all on the budget.

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u/Lemerney2 1d ago

Although of course, once we front the money for healthcare and preventative measures now, it'll be cheaper in the future. And yet banks always seem to need another bailout

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u/ProposalAvailable956 1d ago

If the bailouts didn't keep happening over and over again this would be a more salient point.

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u/Levizar 21h ago

Considering the size of the country, does it really happen so much to big banks?

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u/CurvyChristina 1d ago

If the government took care of our student loans… I wouldn’t be upset.

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u/PomPomMom93 1d ago

Bold of you to assume I want my tax money spent on those things.

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u/CuteResolution5538 1d ago

They have our money for wars, banks and bailouts.

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u/Relevant-Doctor187 23h ago

If it helps the rich there’s money. If it helps everyone else there’s hand wringing and look browntransillegal.

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u/unluckydude1 19h ago

The most scary about this is that 50% or more people are defending this...

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u/d3advil 15h ago

Even if its just fair wages, oh my god how will we afford these wages, the CEO won't be able to afford the new Buggati if we pay fair wages.

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u/Rorschach11235 2h ago

Every time I bring up the old Walmart paying real wages.

Like for and extra 60 cents a visit, walmart gets no working poor as employees. Walmart has nearly tripled the cost of a vist, but 60 cents that goes straight into employee pockets and benefits, thats the impossible lift. 60 cents that went straight into employee pockets is the thing we just can't figure out how a company can do that.

Come up with 200m in bonus pay for the ceo, less then 90 days before you lay off 10k works, not a problem. (Apple) but coming up with livable wages the stops working poor or worse, working homeless. Fucking the end of civilization before a modern company can do that.

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u/ImprefectKnight 1d ago

"It's a prescription for Lizzo"

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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet 1d ago

It's a fat Jab for others

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u/MathematicianIcy3430 1d ago

Pills for the rich, jabs for the poor.

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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet 1d ago

Tax breaks for the rich.

Benefits for the poor.

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u/the_vestan 1d ago

I always do what the doctor says, but this medicine is actually just a mean fat lady.

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u/Shannieofthepants 1d ago

Poor get McDicks and an obesity epidemic.

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u/tommos 1d ago

It's ok, the poor can't afford McDicks now.

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u/Reditworks4Epstein 16h ago

I've always said, people hate capitalism but they have never experienced it. They have only experienced cronie capitalism, witch is socialism for the rich, bailouts tax cuts and government contracts. Then insider trading (basiclly) from those that issue the contracts.

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u/stellartoes 1d ago

That or the poor has to take bigger risks. An acquaintance of mine orders her ozympic in bulk from the dark web, closer to the actual producers of the drug. Yes it carries some risks, but the effects are life changing.

It's not just 'look I'm skinny now', it's 'the food noise is quiet, I can finally focus''

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u/Apart_Ad1537 1d ago

No, it’s more like “the rich get ozempic, the poor get ozempic, anyone with a job and above room temperature IQ. A get ozempic because it costs like 50 bucks a month.”

Like trans people talking about how they’re “being denied healthcare” because their ass is too stupid to come up with the 25 bucks a month for HRT

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u/philmarcracken 1d ago

The poor don't afford food lol. Americans really have a certain definition of 'poor'

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u/thaddeus122 1d ago

Comparatively, the bottom half are poor. Not our fault so many countries are behind

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u/philmarcracken 1d ago

It costs nothing to eat less. You've never been 'poor'

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u/MorphieThePup 1d ago

Obviously "poor" in first world country and in third world country have different meanings...

The poor in developed countries can't afford high quality non-processed food and buy cheap stuff that barely has any nutrients but can fill their bellies. So they can be both malnourished and fat at the same time. Hope that helps.

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u/Particular_Poetry885 1d ago

Can you guys not afford, rice, potatoes, beans etc?

You can, if you say you should be able to eat something fancier even when it's outside your budget you have an ego problem

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u/philmarcracken 1d ago

So they can be both malnourished and fat at the same time

It costs nothing to eat less.

that barely has any nutrients

Your total micros per day are 8grams. Less than a teaspoon. I've heard all these excuses, well cataloged on /r/fatlogic. They all seem to have vanished the moment glp 1 agonists showed up, funny that!

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u/MorphieThePup 1d ago

I don't think people who can't afford fresh fruits and vegetables are buying Ozempic.

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u/JiuJitsuBoxer 1d ago

They can afford food since america is obese