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Rosebunse t1_iy68y09 wrote

Does the money even go to the actual Taliban at this point? Most of it just goes towards making these few guys rich while the actual people on the ground live in squalor..

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TheJunklest t1_iy6a2y5 wrote

The money comes from below, too. The article says that the Haqqani network extorted money from Afghan citizens.

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Rosebunse t1_iy6blow wrote

The Afghan people are starving but at least the Taliban leaders all have new sport cars and new penthouses.

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Aporkalypse_Sow t1_iy6rzcg wrote

Another way that the GOP copies the taliban. No wonder they hate each other, stealing ideas.

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TheJunklest t1_iy8pghj wrote

Copy how? Nobody held me at gunpoint to take my pocket change and use it to build any public project.

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Woopigmob t1_iy78zik wrote

Biden just pulled this move on us. Buffett bought the whole Dem party last election cycle to shut our ability to strike down.

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TheJunklest t1_iy8ounh wrote

Nobody can stop you from striking.

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Woopigmob t1_iy9aprz wrote

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/28/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-averting-a-rail-shutdown/

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TheJunklest t1_iy9ip2y wrote

I read it and don't see the relevance. Nothing there prevents a strike.

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Woopigmob t1_iydi30n wrote

If Joe forces a contract on us that we don't want any strike will be a wildcat strike. A wildcat strike means we are liable for damages. Our union will be dissolved and we will have liens put on our homes. We can also face jail time. Railway Labor Act.

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Woopigmob t1_iy9b79r wrote

He's just another company bitch pandering on TV. He could care less about the common man.

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