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I mean if you want to point at anything for blame... at least point at government spending. More than half of federal discretionary spending is on the military.
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
I mean if you want to point at anything for blame... at least point at government spending. More than half of federal discretionary spending is on the military. Put a few % of that towards infrastructure...
For reference .003% of the federal budget goes towards the national endowment for the arts'
- dvt 5y agoThis is very convenient buck-passing. Local governments have a lot more impact on my day-to-day life than D.C. does.
- Melatonic 5y agoLocal governments also many times rely on federal government investment however.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoI'm responding to a blog post that's doing much more absurd buck-passing. I'm at least putting the buck in the same universe.
- SllX 5y agoI mean why have a local or State government if you’re just going to treat them as a convenient receptacle for tax money that originated locally with basically no responsibility over the local status quo?