Striker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up11.14K
arrow-up11.14KimageThere'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 · 2 years agomessage-square85linkfedilink
minus-squareDr. Coomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years ago0.325%. Where the fuck did all that money come from?
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoAt that scale money doesn’t actually exist. It’s just agreements between banks and nations.
minus-squareOmar Khayyám@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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.
minus-squareOmar Khayyám@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYeah, I’m always second guessing my math too, lol. I think it should billion not million in this case.
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.
Yeah, I’m always second guessing my math too, lol. I think it should billion not million in this case.