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Old 03-07-2021, 08:12 AM
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Not that this has anything to do with wars but since we're talking money....

There are about 330,000,000 people in the US (330 million)

Population Clock

And....although I'm not entirely sure if I'm reading this right...it looks like the US has spent 1.9 trillion so far

USAspending.gov

Now....when you take 1.9 trillion dollars and you divide by 330 million people...what do you figure you get? Maybe....a thousand per person or two thousand or something, right?

Nope, it's almost $6,000 per person!

But hey, maybe I read the chart wrong...over here it says we've spent 4 trillion (as of last spring)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...lout-spending/

so now we go 4 trillion dollars divided into 330 million people and we get a whopping $12,000 per person

But wait, there's more! There are 330 million people in the US but they all didn't get checks from the government....I certainly haven't gotten a penny. Now...I tried to figure out how many "rich people" we have in the US who make over $75K/year but I just couldn't figure it out, sorry.

But we've spent something over $12,000 per head in the US with another massive spending bill on the way. It's not wars that will end the US, it's our own government.