4 ms·
600k is nothing, the government probably wastes more than that on a daily basis.
by jeremiep 14y ago
600k is nothing, the government probably wastes more than that on a daily basis.
- rosser 14y ago$parent =~ s/daily/hourly/g;
- danielharan 14y agoThat still seems wrong by at least an order of magnitude. 600000 * 24 * 365 = 5,256,000,000 5 billion wasted out of a 3.5 trillion budget would represent only 0.142% waste.
- jeltz 14y agoIf the government just had 0.142% waste they would be amazing.
- detst 14y agoThat's the same logic that results in people paying a huge markup on cables because it's only a fraction of the cost of the TV they just bought. $100 is $100 and $600k is $600k. Trying to put it in relative terms to minimize the cost doesn't make any sense. It's still a waste.