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ie we spend a third of all our tax revenue on housing insurance

• leetcrew 8y ago
  where is this "third" figure coming from?
  • gweinberg 8y ago
    Right here: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud... except it's actually 1/6.
  • asdffdsa 8y ago
    it's a poor proxy for "a lot"
    • leetcrew 8y ago
      I figured. I admit I tend to be pedantic about the US military spending figure because, while huge, it is not nearly as large a portion of govt spending as most people think.