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This sign says it all. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

It’s been a closer to 3B for a while. Against a budget of $1.7T. It’s not even a rounding error.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    It's always cute how warmongers pretend that those billions wouldn't make a huge difference for struggling Americans.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    I don’t know what in that sentence gives you the confidence to call me a warmonger.

    And also, no, it wont really. Unless you redefine “huge difference”. We spend $522B on social/economic assistance programs at the federal level. So a 0.005% 0.5% increase? Hardly a huge difference.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    how did you get 0.005%? 3 x 100 / 522 is a 0.575 percent increase

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    3/522, no reason to multiply by 100. Not sure why you are.

    You’re right my bad.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, just that 3 billion comes out to $60,000,000 if divided equally between all 50 states. Instead it's being pissed away on other countries' wars.

    By any stretch that is huge.

    You're absolutely using the warmonger's logic to support your position here, so no need to clutch your pearls.

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