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The federal budget was $4.11 trillion in 2018. Quick Googling doesn't give me a number for population over 18, but I'm going to guess >= 200 million (>= 300 mil
by hyperpape 6y ago
The federal budget was $4.11 trillion in 2018. Quick Googling doesn't give me a number for population over 18, but I'm going to guess >= 200 million (>= 300 million total in the US).
So that's 200M people * (12 months / year) * 1000 / person = 2.4 trillion.
Most of the budget is defense, social security, medicare and interest on the debt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:US_Federal_Budget_Comparison_2016_vs._2015.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/...).
Yang's plan would've required major tax increases, and/or cuts to core programs. This isn't me editorializing, just stating what would be required.