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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s always cute how warmongers pretend that those billions wouldn’t make a huge difference for struggling Americans.

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  • stevehobbes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t know what in that sentence gives you the confidence to call me a warmonger.

    And also, no, it wont really. Unless you redefine “huge difference”. We spend $522B on social/economic assistance programs at the federal level. So a 0.005% increase? Hardly a huge difference.

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    • polarbear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      how did yoy get 0.005%? 3 x 100 / 522 is a 0.575 percent increase

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      • stevehobbes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        3/522, no reason to multiply by 100. Not sure why you are.

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    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, just that 3 billion comes out to $60,000,000 if divided equally between all 50 states.

      By any stretch that is huge.

      You’re absolutely using the warmonger’s logic to support your position here.

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      • stevehobbes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Except that it’s half a percent. It’s another half a penny on every dollar.

        It’s not huge by any stretch.

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