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I guess you don't have a 401k.

• nr2x 6y ago
  Not everybody who pays the taxes that fund JEDI do.
  • bassman9000 6y ago
    We all should. Setting aside $50 a month, no initial investment. https://www.calculator.net/investment-calculator.html?ctype=endamount&ctargetamountv=1000000&cstartingprinciplev=0&cyearsv=20&cinterestratev=6&ccontributeamountv=50&ciadditionat1=monthly&printit=0&x=111&y=12 https://www.calculator.net/investment-calculator.html?ctype=... $100/month https://www.calculator.net/investment-calculator.html?ctype=endamount&ctargetamountv=1000000&cstartingprinciplev=0&cyearsv=20&cinterestratev=6&ccontributeamountv=100&ciadditionat1=monthly&printit=0&x=88&y=17 https://www.calculator.net/investment-calculator.html?ctype=... If you can't afford that, you're not funding JEDI.
    • nr2x 6y ago
      Well, the people getting evicted from their homes during a pandemic because the US spends money on JEDI instead of a social safety net are also "paying", and no, they don't have $100 for a 401k.
      • bassman9000 6y ago
        They're not getting evicted because the money is spent on JEDI. They're getting evicted because the State doesn't allow them to work. Ask your representatives why.
• rsynnott 6y ago
  I have the local equivalent. Meaning that, yes, I personally probably benefit from these sorts of very large government contracts. I’m not sure that justifies it, though. There’s a decent argument that these mega contracts are a bad use of taxpayer money; some of them work out, but the bigger the contract, it seems, the less chance that it actually delivers in the end.