• homes@piefed.worldEnglish
    41·
    21 hours ago

    The checks were unfair because they went to the crown rather than back to the American people who are paying them in the first place

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      8 hours ago

      And paid for wars that were fought for the benefit of the colonists. Similar to how US taxes today are paid to the state and are used to pay for wars that the government claims are for the benefit of the American people.

    • JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net
      8·
      18 hours ago

      So what is different now?

      Is Israel, Trump’s ministers’ pockets, insurance company executives, and the military industrial complex executives considered “the american people”?

      • TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Normal the difference is the larger pool of people, and this more money for non citizen things.

        Right now… who the fuck knows