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Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?

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Re: Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?

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Post by westpfelia » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 7:07 AM UTC

auiya wrote: post #272

westpfelia wrote: post #98

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i've been in Germany now for 14 months. At this point my biggest complaint is the entire lack of Taco Bell. We have Pizza Hut and KFC Yum corp... WHERE IS MY GERMAN TACO BELL!? Some nights I Dont want to eat Kebab for my late night drunk food. Sometimes I want 'tacos' and 'burritos'.

They do have them at American military bases. There's one at KMMC on Ramstein Air Base for instance.

Yup. And as a non service member I can not go to it.

Re: Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?

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Post by jlawson » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:06 PM UTC

username223 wrote: post #157

jlawson wrote: post #71

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Money is not the deciding factor in American elections. Hillary Clinton spent twice as much as Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.

How does that follow? A charismatic demagogue won against a singularly uninspiring lifetime politician, despite receiving fewer votes (because Electoral College). Money isn't the only factor, but it's still one of the largest.

"One of the largest" is different from "the deciding factor"; let's keep those goalposts pinned down please.

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