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the war in afghanistan cost taxpayers $300,000,000 per day every day for 20 years, for a total of ~$2,000,000,000,000
by moneycantbuy 4y ago
the war in afghanistan cost taxpayers $300,000,000 per day every day for 20 years, for a total of ~$2,000,000,000,000
- tomjakubowski 4y agoFor less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day (per taxpayer)...
- rqtwteye 4y agoDoesn’t sound too bad, right?
- scythe 4y agoI make my coffee at home because the shops are too expensive
- renewiltord 4y agoToday I skipped my coffee so we can get Bin Laden.
- 55555 4y agoThat is so obscene. So basically every American paid a dollar per day, I guess. (I know, ~most don't pay income taxes, but yeah.)
- imtringued 4y agoMeanwhile Americans complain about $2 per year per Indian citizen spent on the Indian space program as if $2 could somehow meaningfully solve "poverty" in India.
- hackernewds 4y agoso basically the middle and upper middle class paid a lunch per day to fund the war into private coffers
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