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where do they get money for both moon and war at the same time?

• toomuchtodo 6mo ago
  Issuing US treasury debt to those still willing to buy it.
• dc396 6mo ago
  Loans, mostly. Artemis costs about $4 billion per mission, with around $90 billion already spent. The war in Iran is costing the US about $1 billion per day, so (as of today), $35 billion spent. The US debt is $39,000 billion ($39 trillion). So, combined, the entire Artemis program and war in Iran represent .32% of the US debt.
  • lerp-io 6mo ago
    how does debt mean anything if u control the ability to mint tokens that u use to pay the debt?
    • dc396 6mo ago
      See "inflation". Look at the outcomes of countries who remove controls on printing money (e.g., Zimbabwe, Venezuela).
• _adq2 6mo ago
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