$50 per month for thirty five years saved with no interest at all is $21k, so I can absolutely understand the point of view that it's not worth it if you're currently struggling to scrape by to wait 35 years for what might be just an extra $14k
If that $50 has literally no other use to you, then great, if that $50 can provide fair value for you now, it's a much tougher decision.
I'd argue that KIA implies that they were on the front lines, but once again that's semantics.
I think the vast majority understands the meaning of the headline and aren't overly concerned with the dictionary definition of murder.
I used a population of 143,000,000 divided by an estimated death toll in Ukraine of 70,000 and assumed half of the russian population is female.
1 in 100 might be correct if you only consider men of a fighting age.
Some might not notice a change in the economy, but they will notice that their sons are being taken and that they are not coming back.
Approximately 1 in 1000 Russian males have now been killed. How many more will have to die for the average Russian to say "no more" is a tough question.
I worked for Thames Water for nearly ten years and I can absolutely confirm that the business model is to maximise turnover.
The more turnover, the more you can justify charging the customer and the cream off the top for the shareholders grows.
Interest on debt is just another so called justification to pick our pockets. In my opinion it should be illegal but we live in a world where the rich looks after the rich and fuck anybody else.
Tactically, the plan is to make Russia bleed to death rather than temporarily paralyse it.
Maximizing the loss of russian life and draining the russian economy to the point that the population won't tolerate any further war is the goal. It's unfortunate that this is at the cost of ongoing war in Ukraine.
Nationalisation is the only solution.
Edit: We should collectively cancel our direct debits and put the ball firmly in to the government's court.
An absolute farce. Quite literally the antithesis of Robin Hood.
Of course not, but I think that most people would agree that they are fairly similar spirits.
Unfortunately, there aren't many ethics in the world when it comes to money.