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There are about 300 million US citizens. 21.9 billion split evenly is $73 per person. And this is a multi year contract. It’s a lot of money, but not a huge a
by bushbaba 6y ago
There are about 300 million US citizens. 21.9 billion split evenly is $73 per person.
And this is a multi year contract.
It’s a lot of money, but not a huge amount divided across the population. This money likely also generates ancillary US jobs so the cost to tax payers might not be as bad as it sounds.
- thanhhaimai 6y agoHalf of the US family has less than $500 in the bank. A large portion of people spent less than $10 per day on food. That's an absurd stand to argue that people can afford to go hungry for 7 straight days just so the military get some headsets. I'm not into heavy politics. But if you want to argue about job creation, I can bet that spending the above money on infrastructure (like last mile fiber internet) will create multiple magnitudes more jobs/opportunities for the economy than this.
- missedthecue 6y agoHalf of the US pays $0 in federal taxes.
- thanhhaimai 6y agoExactly! There are around 155m people working. Half of them pays $0 in tax. That means ~77m people who pay positive tax now has to pay for that $22b contract. That $70 now has become $285. The math looks even worse. The idea that some unjustified spending is OK just because it's "cheap" per capital is an absurd idea.
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- skluug 6y agonahh just give me $73
- Retric 6y agoFirst infants are hardly paying 73$, more importantly a total is only relevant if this is the only money being spent. Instead this is simply more waste by a bloated system which delivers sub par results at extreme prices.