The United States has such a large GDP because 1/3 of it is the private healthcare industry. Another massive chunk is the government throwing tax dollars at a shell company of a shell company of a shell company that moves a government contract for construction around to each other 4 times, all subsequently increasing GDP.

  • RION [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    Eh there's always the possibility of a stray missile or explosive of some kind. Isn't the Israeli military full of "officers" who are basically kids promoted with the barest whiff of experience? If they're in charge of anything that goes boom the Americans probably should be a little wary

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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      7 months ago

      Then maybe they should have just focused on keeping the Rafah crossing open to aid as opposed to building anything. The point is that the entire thing is clearly not meant to be a good use of money, it is clearly graft.

      • RION [she/her]
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        7 months ago

        Then maybe they should have just focused on keeping the Rafah crossing open to aid as opposed to building anything.

        No arguments there. Just saying the construction is probably complicated a bit by the genocide they're complicit in