noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe U.S. and Palau signed a $7.5 million agreement that will allow the U.S. to send up to 75 non-criminal deportees to the island nationwww.snopes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. and Palau signed a $7.5 million agreement that will allow the U.S. to send up to 75 non-criminal deportees to the island nationwww.snopes.comnoumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months ago… That’s like $100,000 a person. Not to mention transportation costs, costs to house them while in custody, cost to apprehend them. Makes absolutely no sense. Spend $100k on anyone, and you can make them into a valuable, productive member of society (assuming they weren’t already).
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoIt’s all about the racism and xenophobia. These fuck faces think their genes are somehow magical and special while representing the Temu of humanity
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months ago the Temu of humanity I’m stealing this one.
minus-squareAsafum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThe fuckwits that support maga would gladly spend 5x that to hurt someone, but would absolutely lose their fucking minds if the base amount, 5x less, was “given” to them to help.
minus-squareYappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah, but that’s taxes money, public funds, whilst the little bonuses they get for it go straight into their pockets!
… That’s like $100,000 a person. Not to mention transportation costs, costs to house them while in custody, cost to apprehend them.
Makes absolutely no sense. Spend $100k on anyone, and you can make them into a valuable, productive member of society (assuming they weren’t already).
It’s all about the racism and xenophobia. These fuck faces think their genes are somehow magical and special while representing the Temu of humanity
I’m stealing this one.
The fuckwits that support maga would gladly spend 5x that to hurt someone, but would absolutely lose their fucking minds if the base amount, 5x less, was “given” to them to help.
Yeah, but that’s taxes money, public funds, whilst the little bonuses they get for it go straight into their pockets!