Imagine how many children could be lifted out of poverty. How many bridges and roads could be repaired. But no, that’s for suckers, right?
In terms of roads, a lot, but probably not as much as you’re thinking. The US DOT is allowed like 300 billion in a year.
On the other hand, saving the poorest of the poor is cheap, and 37.5 would make all the difference. The World Food Program wanted 13 this year and didn’t get it.
It is in a country that votes 99% every election for the same two warmongering parties.
Remember this number when they say they can’t afford any social programs …
They can’t afford any social program after all the money they spend on this war.
I don’t understand why people think this is a good use of their tax money. Everyone complains about state taxes when it is much less and pays for everything you see and use. Then you have federal taxes which are a massive black hole.
FWIW we’ve been seeing that amount be advertised for months. So either people talking about the fact that “the war having cost $40bn so far” were wrong months ago, or this number is under-evaluated for political reasons. Or both.
I have no sympathy for Americans caring about the tax payer cost while ignoring their complicity in imperialist wars (yes, it is plural). If you are not protesting as hard the annexation and extraction of Venezuela’s oil, the embargo of Cuba (shit, I am getting tired of listing crimes against humanity), you are not protesting war, you are protesting losing and you should not expect anyone in the world to feel sorry for you.
We were burning over ten billy a month during the Iraq War.
I bet the decimal is at least one place to the right.
everything else in that country is being forcibly moved to the right
It does seem low, doesn’t it? It might add up, that’s a bit less than 20,000 2 million dollar missiles, and a lot of it is actually going to be on labour or other things. It is a more impressive figure when you consider how long this has been going on.
Not to mention, the weapons being used are niche and pretty hard to replace on any reasonable timeline. It’s not the same as expending the same value in concrete or grain.
Wasn’t it reported higher than that for the first month alone ?
Everyone is focusing on the taxpayer cost, which is of course exorbitant. But try instead thinking about how many private jets the weapon manufacturers and politicians in their pocket are getting out of it.
Or, how many innocent children died for that.
So better be prepared to find some sponsors. Because why should the taxpayer finance Trumps follies?
“Every gun that is made…”
Australia’s total NBN build out cost ~US$36 billion (AU$51 billion) for comparison. That’s including rolling parts of it out twice since we half-arsed some of it the first time.
And yet Hegseth still has his job. I want my money back.
America is being run by dangerous clowns 😬
How much money have Netanjahu and Trump contributed to pay for their personal folly?
