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There's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hey what percent is $14 billion of the $4.3 trillion Americans spend on healthcare?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean over spend? If the government handled healthcare it would be cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sure, I agree we can get cheaper healthcare, but $14 billion amounts to like $40 bucks per American. Not buying many more healthcare and schools with that. This meme (at least the second part) is stupid and won’t convince anyone who supports Israel aid to change their minds because the math is not convincing. Makes for a weak argument, imho.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

0.325%. Where the fuck did all that money come from?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

At that scale money doesn't actually exist. It's just agreements between banks and nations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

$14 billion is like $40 bucks per American. Might be able to buy a toothbrush and some bandaids with that healthcare money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if my math is correct, but it's more like 4 cent per American. 14 million divided by 331.9 million gets 0.0421.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I’m always second guessing my math too, lol. I think it should billion not million in this case.