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>An eyeball estimate [1] suggests the cost would be 35% of what the US govt spends, and that's assuming the sea-based nation still pays for things like military
by xiaoma 15y ago
>An eyeball estimate [1] suggests the cost would be 35% of what the US govt spends, and that's assuming the sea-based nation still pays for things like military adventurism and the war on drugs.
Only if that eyeball is completely blind to economies of scale.
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- yummyfajitas 15y agoWhich service, specifically, do you feel benefits significantly from economics of scale? And since most of these services are provided by city governments, why would a town like Edison, NJ have economies of scale that a similarly sized sea-based nation would lack?
- leot 15y agoDefense (see also: "divide and conquer")