Striker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 10 months agoThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down147
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareDr. Coomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-210 months ago0.325%. Where the fuck did all that money come from?
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoAt that scale money doesn’t actually exist. It’s just agreements between banks and nations.
minus-squareOmar Khayyám@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago$14 billion is like $40 bucks per American. Might be able to buy a toothbrush and some bandaids with that healthcare money.
minus-squareDr. Coomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’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.
0.325%. Where the fuck did all that money come from?
At that scale money doesn’t actually exist. It’s just agreements between banks and nations.
$14 billion is like $40 bucks per American. Might be able to buy a toothbrush and some bandaids with that healthcare money.
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.