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Topic	Humans made guns/weapons that bring death & destruction near instantaneously
snake1989 01/19/21 3:14:51 AM #11:	KINDERFELD posted... snake1989 posted... I think you gotta check your numbers. The U.S. government spends well over $1 trillion on healthcare each year. I think you need to check the breakdown on what that 1 trillion was spent on. Mainly, separate all the funding meant to maintain America's economy from the funding actually used on eradicating the virus. I'm not saying that governments shouldn't assist those who are experiencing financial hardship during this pandemic, but lets not conflate the two. Not even talking about the stimulus, actually. Healthcare is part of the mandatory budget, which makes up the largest portion of government spending. Military spending falls under the much smaller discretionary budget: https://www.thebalance.com/current-federal-mandatory-spending-3305772 That being said I agree that we could shift some defense spending to healthcare, but even 100% of the current defense budget would only barely equal what we pay for medicare alone (roughly $722 billion). --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan <cite>snake1989 posted [p:949666714] in Humans mad... [t:79247155]...</cite> <quote>KINDERFELD posted...</cite> <quote> snake1989 posted... </cite> <quote> I think you gotta check your numbers. The U.S. government spends well over $1 trillion on healthcare each year. </quote> I think you need to check the breakdown on what that 1 trillion was spent on. Mainly, separate all the funding meant to maintain America's economy from the funding actually used on eradicating the virus. I'm not saying that governments shouldn't assist those who are experiencing financial hardship during this pandemic, but lets not conflate the two. </quote> Not even talking about the stimulus, actually. Healthcare is part of the mandatory budget, which makes up the largest portion of government spending. Military spending falls under the much smaller discretionary budget: https://www.thebalance.com/current-federal-mandatory-spending-3305772 That being said I agree that we could shift some defense spending to healthcare, but even 100% of the current defense budget would only barely equal what we pay for medicare alone (roughly $722 billion). --- "A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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