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gab13by13

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4. Don't kid yourself
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 08:43 AM
Mar 18

Billionaires are making out like bandits. Chris Murphy is introducing a bill in the Senate that prohibits Congress from placing bets on betting sites. Hundreds of millions of dollars were placed on when the war would start and lo and behold a lot of people collected hundreds of millions of dollars. The oligarchs in the fossil fuel industry are raking in billions of dollars because of the war. The military industrial complex oligarchs are making billions of dollars from the war. In 72 hours Krasnov fired 400 Tomahawk Cruise missiles, it takes 2 or 3 years to manufacture that many missiles.

The 1% isn't going to stop going out to fancy restaurants because of the war. The economy for you and me is going to be bad, I'm on a fixed income, with that said, I have a rule that I live by, I do not want a bargain on my food or my healthcare and I am sticking to that for as long as I can.

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