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IronLionZion

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2. Ironically GOP senators have used that excuse for military recruitment problems

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Thu Jun 6, 2024, 08:05 AM

Jun 2024

Senator Tom Cotton claimed US military has a hard time recruiting people because they can get more pay at Amazon for less dangerous work. "Nobody wants to work anymore" has become "nobody wants to die for a paycheck anymore".

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India's low-caste voters humbled its powerful prime minister [View all] IronLionZion Jun 2024 OP

Modi should'a studied Reaganomics. Trickle-down solved the problem of U.S. poverty. 3Hotdogs Jun 2024 #1

Ironically GOP senators have used that excuse for military recruitment problems IronLionZion Jun 2024 #2

Hinduism is not lower caste society's friend. It has drawn firm lines excluding people born in lower caste families from Martin68 Jun 2024 #3

Exactly, telling impoverished Hindus to step on Muslims can only go so far IronLionZion Jun 2024 #4