the left says it’s fine when we spend the money on social programs.

FWIW, for every dollar given to people for social programs like the child tax credit, they spend $1.50-$2 locally. This seems fine to me & it was popular country-wide. Meanwhile, we've gained nothing from the Iran war. We've obviously lost money and probably weakened our global standing and strengthened some of our enemies. It is also unpopular with the people. You don't have to "both sides" every issue. You can assume republican leadership is generally bad and don't have to give them the benefit of the doubt on issues you're not studied on.

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