In Israel there are people, large numbers calling for Mr. Netanyahu to be removed from office for the catastrophic mistake he's just made by his behavior.

Lots of people in high positions, major newspapers and on and on.

That's the reality in Israel. But here it is presenting the United States.

People are demanding that folks lose their jobs, students be expelled

from universities for taking a position that the people of Israel rightly are debating

and discussing since their very lives depend on it. We are in a very

bizarre place here in the United States. So, It is my pleasure to have back on bad faith podcast Professor Richard Wolf, a Marxist

economist who you can also find at democracy at work. info and on the weekly radio and TV news show economic update

welcome back Professor Wolf. Thank you very much beyond it glad to be with

you and having this conversation. So I've been wanted to talk to you for weeks now

ever since the events of October 7th,

and we got a, I guess, a swage our concerns, I guess.

The public's concerns about potentially funding two wars at the same time both the war in Ukraine and the siege on Gaza.

Janet Yellen, who you have said on the show and elsewhere before was a classmate of yours actually came out to

a space of the public saying we can afford to do both.

Paul Tudor Jones, the famed investor was on cambeci this week and he said this is the most

threatening and challenging geopolitical environment that I have ever seen. At the same time

the US is in its weakest fiscal position since World War II with debt to

GDP at 122%. Can America can the West

afford another war at this time? I think the answer is absolutely America can certainly afford to stand with Israel and to support

Israel's military needs and we also can and must support Ukraine and its struggle against Russia.

And look, the American economy is doing extremely well.

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