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That averages to 330 billion annually...

by otalp 8y ago

dmschulman 8y ago
$900,000,000 per day
- mcny 8y ago
  Maybe we can write this on a bus : We spend $900M a day on war. Lets fund our medicare instead. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-vote-leave-director-dominic-cummings-leave-eu-error-nhs-350-million-lie-bus-a7822386.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest... https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/8c92ccc4-ff8d-4620-82b7-9f4158d3e710.jpg https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/8c92ccc... https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/ea01efb7-082b-4130-8ebd-ad910e68b075.jpg https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/ea01efb...
  - onomonomono 8y ago
    You do realize we spend $1,500M ($1.5 billion) on Medicare a day, yes?
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    - prolikewh0a 8y ago
      That $1.5 billion goes to saving lives and curing people, the $900 million goes to ending lives illegally. We could funnel that $900 million into Medicare and help a whole lot more people.
      - CapricornNoble 8y ago
        That's a pretty narrow viewpoint, and the military spending could be spun equally disingeniously: "The $900M goes to vocational training, employment, and cutting-edge equipment for a large slice of physically-fit working age Americans. The $1500M predominantly goes to squeezing an additional 6 months of life expectancy out of retirees and the disabled." So which of those is really adding more value to the nation?
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      - onomonomono 8y ago
        Wow, accusing our military of being murderers on September 11th.
        c0nducktr 8y ago
        Wow, making Sept 11th about respect for the military.
        prolikewh0a 8y ago
        Want to explain to me how they aren't murderers? https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrociti...
dnomad 8y ago
Yeah this number is way off. A better estimate is 5-6 trillion and many will say that's also likely too low. A solid estimate, when you factor in excessive defense spending that wasn't technically spent on one war, is 10+ trillion dollars. The funny thing is that many Americans are perfectly happy with this... but if you bring up, say, universal healthcare they rage against the very idea of the government spending so much money.
- lolsal 8y ago
  > The funny thing is that many Americans are perfectly happy with this... but if you bring up, say, universal healthcare they rage against the very idea of the government spending so much money. You're over-simplifying the healthcare issue. It's not just about money. It's about individual rights and responsibility of the government.
codyb 8y ago
If you're including treating veterans wouldn't you have ti average over the expected lifespans of those who served instead of the 17 years that have occurred so far?

That averages to 330 billion annually...

by otalp 8y ago

That averages to 330 billion annually...

dmschulman 8y ago

$900,000,000 per day

mcny 8y ago
Maybe we can write this on a bus : We spend $900M a day on war. Lets fund our medicare instead. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-vote-leave-director-dominic-cummings-leave-eu-error-nhs-350-million-lie-bus-a7822386.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest... https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/8c92ccc4-ff8d-4620-82b7-9f4158d3e710.jpg https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/8c92ccc... https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/ea01efb7-082b-4130-8ebd-ad910e68b075.jpg https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/ea01efb...
- onomonomono 8y ago
  You do realize we spend $1,500M ($1.5 billion) on Medicare a day, yes?
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  - prolikewh0a 8y ago
    That $1.5 billion goes to saving lives and curing people, the $900 million goes to ending lives illegally. We could funnel that $900 million into Medicare and help a whole lot more people.
    - CapricornNoble 8y ago
      That's a pretty narrow viewpoint, and the military spending could be spun equally disingeniously: "The $900M goes to vocational training, employment, and cutting-edge equipment for a large slice of physically-fit working age Americans. The $1500M predominantly goes to squeezing an additional 6 months of life expectancy out of retirees and the disabled." So which of those is really adding more value to the nation?
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    - onomonomono 8y ago
      Wow, accusing our military of being murderers on September 11th.
      - c0nducktr 8y ago
        Wow, making Sept 11th about respect for the military.
      - prolikewh0a 8y ago
        Want to explain to me how they aren't murderers? https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrocities.md https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrociti...

dnomad 8y ago

Yeah this number is way off. A better estimate is 5-6 trillion and many will say that's also likely too low. A solid estimate, when you factor in excessive defense spending that wasn't technically spent on one war, is 10+ trillion dollars. The funny thing is that many Americans are perfectly happy with this... but if you bring up, say, universal healthcare they rage against the very idea of the government spending so much money.

lolsal 8y ago
> The funny thing is that many Americans are perfectly happy with this... but if you bring up, say, universal healthcare they rage against the very idea of the government spending so much money. You're over-simplifying the healthcare issue. It's not just about money. It's about individual rights and responsibility of the government.

codyb 8y ago

If you're including treating veterans wouldn't you have ti average over the expected lifespans of those who served instead of the 17 years that have occurred so far?