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https://budget.gov.au/2021-22/content/covid.htm https://budget.gov.au/2021-22/content/covid.htm Please explain how am I using this number incorrectly? What is t
by 6nf 5y ago
https://budget.gov.au/2021-22/content/covid.htm https://budget.gov.au/2021-22/content/covid.htm
Please explain how am I using this number incorrectly? What is the correct number I should be using instead?
- paranoidrobot 5y agoYou're using that number incorrectly. It's like that classic Pirates vs Global Average Temperature chart[1] [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-fact-the-lack-of-pirates-is-causing-global-warming/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-f...
- paranoidrobot 5y agoIt makes about as much sense to say that we spent $300B to save 70,000 people as it does to say that the US has spent trillions to kill 714,000. One is not the cause of the other, in either direction.
- 6nf 5y agoThe US does not go to war just to kill people. Australia's covid response is purely for saving lives.
- paranoidrobot 5y agoI said nothing about war, I'm talking about the COVID response in both cases. The US Federal Government has spent trillions on COVID related bills. Over $5.3 trillion if this[1] is to be believed. USD$5.3 trillion / US Population = $16k/person (approx) AUD$291 billion / AU Population = AUD$11400/person (~USD$8,300 approx) On the face of it, we spent a whole lot less, and have had at least as good, if not a better economic outcome. [1] https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/heres-everything-congress-has-done-to-respond-to-the-coronavirus-so-far https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/heres-everything-congress-...