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"No single raindrop believes it is responsible for the flood". Similarly what singled out line item in the budget isn't just a "drop in the bucket" when compar
by jrs235 13y ago
"No single raindrop believes it is responsible for the flood".
Similarly what singled out line item in the budget isn't just a "drop in the bucket" when compared to the entirety of the government budget? Just because some program or item doesn't "cost" much compared to everything combined doesn't mean we shouldn't scrutinize spending money on it.
- eru 13y agoThe armed forces, or interest payments would be pretty substantial all by themselves. (And so would social security, probably, but I don't know enough about the USA to make that comment.)
- jrs235 13y agoThe armed services as a whole is large... continue breaking it down into finer line items and soon... it's just a bunch of "drops in the bucket". ADD: interest payments is probably large too and more difficult to break into smaller lines... so let's quickly scrutinize that item... "Yeah, we probably should continue to make those payments unless we want everyone to lose trust in the U.S. backed dollar."
- eru 13y agoYes. So if you want to scrutinize the budget, you should prioritize by cost / value instead of by cost alone.