Debate on Patriotism and Social Spending

You're not patriotic?

With blue hair, you think I'm patriotic?

You can still be patriotic and be wrong about economics.

Why would I be patriotic when we're spending more money on bombs

than we are for, like, social justi- or, like-

Are you-

... social programs?

We spend 50% of the federal spending on social programs.

Like what?

Social programs, Medicare, Medicaid, mandatory spending, SNAP benefits, veteran

benefits.

You mean-

Yeah

... SNAP benefits that people just got taken away from them?

You think everyone just got taken off SNAP?

Most people did.

Everyone. You think the majority just got taken off

SNAP?

Yes.

Our military spending is 10 to 20%.

And that's still egregious.

The bombs you're freaking out about, 10 to 20%.

It's egregious we spend 50% on social programs?

I'm a military kid, and I can tell you that shit

is not needed.

Girl, you literally just got the information

that you were just wrong, and yet

you're still doubling down. We don't spend the majority on bombs.

Okay, maybe it's not the majority, but it's well too much.

It's not even close to the majority. It's not even a quarter.

It's far too much.

Okay, you could advocate for that, but that all of a sudden doesn't mean...

You just said we don't spend anything on social.

That's where, like, more than half of our money goes.

Like, what are you talking about? You're, see-

I think it needs to be more into social programs

... as usual, you're uninformed about everything.

I think it needs to be more into social programs.

And then you're just not patriotic. What do you mean?

We spend more than, like, anyone. Well, number-wise, absolutely.

Yeah. Well, tech- technically.

By technicality.

Like per capita.

Technica- by money,

by per capita, by yes. We do a lot. We're a very progressive nation.

We have the most progressive income tax in the entire Western world.

Okay.

Oh, boy. I love when people have no idea what they

do, and then they're just not

patriotic. It's like, dude, you're literally not a contributor.

You should be the most patriotic person. You contribute nothing.

I mean-

You contribute literally nothing.

You've only been a taker, and, and yet you're the one that doesn't like

the country?

I would leave if I could.

Then the one that gives everything is the one that likes it?

I would leave if I could.

Leave for where?

Anywhere.

Anywhere?

I used to live in Germany. I'd rather live there.

The grass is always greener. What would you be doing in Germany?

I could still be an artist there.

Yeah, you think Germans just immediately, they're like, "Oh, you wanna be an

artist. Let's give you $80,000 a year"?

Well, I know that they're not gonna give me

$80,000 a year for being an artist.

What do you think would all of a sudden happen?

I think if I was able to do my art full time, I'd be able to make the money I need

to make.

Yeah, Germans trying to pursue art and failure.

That always goes over well.

All right. Well, yeah.

That was a pretty good one.