Comment on There's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.

• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At that scale money doesn’t actually exist. It’s just agreements between banks and nations.

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• Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  $14 billion is like $40 bucks per American. Might be able to buy a toothbrush and some bandaids with that healthcare money.

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  • RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if my math is correct, but it’s more like 4 cent per American. 14 million divided by 331.9 million gets 0.0421.

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    • Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’m always second guessing my math too, lol. I think it should billion not million in this case.

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