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There goes 12 hours worth of the defense budget.

crazy_monkey 8y ago
Clearly a conspiracy to get taxpayers to buy 12 hours more planes...
jbverschoor 8y ago
Wow, that's actually correct according to wikipedia In FY 2017, the Congressional Budget Office reported spending of $590 billion for defense, about 15% of the federal budget.[1] For the FY 2019 president Donald Trump proposed an increase to the military to $681.1 billion. [2]
- liquidise 8y ago
  1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#Total_budget_by_department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_... I assume you are being downvoted for failing to actually include your footnotes.
- metaphor 8y ago
  ...except the statement is pure bullshit given the assets weren't actually lost.
  - walrus01 8y ago
    ... except that they were, the aviation industry term for an aircraft that has been damaged beyond economical repair is "hull loss" https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=aviation+hull+loss&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=avi...
    - metaphor 8y ago
      Please cite the media outlet which has asserted that these aircraft have been damaged beyond economical repair. From the article: “We anticipate the aircraft parked inside may be damaged as well, but we won't know the extent until our crews can safely enter those hangars and make an assessment,” the spokeswoman said. Anecdotally, a former life once allowed me the privilege of directing flightline ops during several hurricane evacuations. This isn't anything new to me, and I've seen far worse than what this article (and others) have depicted--to include an entire squadron of F-15s engulfed in storm surge saltwater flooding up to their cockpits during Wilma, none of which resulted in airframe loss.
      - dwighttk 8y ago
        they don't make 'em like they used to
dizziest 8y ago
:'-(
xixixao 8y ago
That is on average: $283 for top 1% highest-earners $21 for remaining top 10% highest-earners $4 for remaining top 50% highest-earners ¢38 for bottom 50% lowest-earners If this cost was covered by income taxes. Source: https://taxfoundation.org/summary-federal-income-tax-data-2017 https://taxfoundation.org/summary-federal-income-tax-data-20... Disclaimer: I'm not trying to imply anything here, I was just curious about the average cost to tax payer and then tried to get a more accurate picture.
- aplummer 8y ago
  Really puts into perspective what healthcare and education cost.

Clearly a conspiracy to get taxpayers to buy 12 hours more planes...

Wow, that's actually correct according to wikipedia In FY 2017, the Congressional Budget Office reported spending of $590 billion for defense, about 15% of the federal budget.[1] For the FY 2019 president Donald Trump proposed an increase to the military to $681.1 billion. [2]

liquidise 8y ago
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#Total_budget_by_department https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_... I assume you are being downvoted for failing to actually include your footnotes.
metaphor 8y ago
...except the statement is pure bullshit given the assets weren't actually lost.
- walrus01 8y ago
  ... except that they were, the aviation industry term for an aircraft that has been damaged beyond economical repair is "hull loss" https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=aviation+hull+loss&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=avi...
  - metaphor 8y ago
    Please cite the media outlet which has asserted that these aircraft have been damaged beyond economical repair. From the article: “We anticipate the aircraft parked inside may be damaged as well, but we won't know the extent until our crews can safely enter those hangars and make an assessment,” the spokeswoman said. Anecdotally, a former life once allowed me the privilege of directing flightline ops during several hurricane evacuations. This isn't anything new to me, and I've seen far worse than what this article (and others) have depicted--to include an entire squadron of F-15s engulfed in storm surge saltwater flooding up to their cockpits during Wilma, none of which resulted in airframe loss.
    - dwighttk 8y ago
      they don't make 'em like they used to

dizziest 8y ago

:'-(

xixixao 8y ago

That is on average: $283 for top 1% highest-earners $21 for remaining top 10% highest-earners $4 for remaining top 50% highest-earners ¢38 for bottom 50% lowest-earners If this cost was covered by income taxes. Source: https://taxfoundation.org/summary-federal-income-tax-data-2017 https://taxfoundation.org/summary-federal-income-tax-data-20... Disclaimer: I'm not trying to imply anything here, I was just curious about the average cost to tax payer and then tried to get a more accurate picture.

aplummer 8y ago
Really puts into perspective what healthcare and education cost.