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Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to LA will cost $134M
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- johnea 1y agoSo, it now apparently requires the US Marines to deport some Mexican dishwashers 8-/ At $134M, maybe they could just offer each one $100K to leave?
- xracy 1y agoBut how will they continue their claim that there are millions of them, if they take such an approach?
- duxup 1y agoWould be interesting to see how many deportations are high profile in big city type of raids vs how many are seasonal farm workers in the south?
- mytailorisrich 1y agoThat's about 6.5% of the equivalent daily defense budget of the USA. I.e., a rounding error. This is not a comment on whether this is "right" or "wrong", but rather a comment on the gigantic mountain of money the US spend on defense anyway. In addition, I suspect that this is just an accounting cost as most costs would have been incurred anyway to maintain the equipments and human resources.
- palmfacehn 1y agoOnce they are deployed, the ratio of overhead may be lower. Not to suggest that having a long term deployment is ideal. >...costs would have been incurred anyway to maintain the equipment and human resources. Fair point. How much would they spend on similar training exercises?
- reverendsteveii 1y agoOur army is the largest standing army in human history and our domestic police force is the third largest standing army in human history.
- JojoFatsani 1y agoThat’s true.. assuming by “our” army you mean China’s army: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-size-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/military-...
- reverendsteveii 1y agoOh, I was going by budget. Our military budget more than triples China's and doubles it as a % of GDP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest...
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- almosthere 1y agoWait, 700 Marines? $191k EACH to get to LA for a few days? I'm sorry but that sounds like administrative bloat. I mean I guess there is a LOT MORE govt waste that needs to get going. DOGE?
- hkgx76 1y ago700 Marines are just the jarheads. All the admin people required to handle logistics will be another 2000 easy.
- Jtsummers 1y ago> Wait, 700 Marines? > $191k EACH to get to LA for a few days? and National Guard, reportedly 4100 of them. That's 4800 people or about $28k/person. Why did you only count the Marines when the report is about both?
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- JojoFatsani 1y agoThey gotta bring all their toys and outfits for this.
- jefurii 1y agoHow does this cost compare to the cost of the military hardware in DC that this might be supposed to distract us from?
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- tmaly 1y agoLet me guess the Porto-potties cost $1 million each
- RickJWagner 1y agoIt’s a high cost, to be sure. But it’s past time to restore order to American society. Burning, looting, and attacking cops have almost become normalized. Violence is simply unacceptable.
- malnourish 1y agoWhat do you base this claim on? I live very close to the epicenter of one of the major COVID-era US protests. It was a dark week, no question, but that which you claim as normalized is anything but. Frankly, there's a much much louder push for "backing the blue". I had out of state friends and family whose perspectives mirrored yours to the point where they denied the lived experience of me and my neighbors until they visited for themselves.