• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Or, $3 per day per American, $6 per taxpayer.

    Just putting that out there because people are really bad at understanding / contextualizing huge numbers.

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      3 days ago

      That’s enough to build homes for more than 3,000 American families per day. Instead, it’s being used on mass murder.

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        Worse is that the new homes are not needed. There are about 20 empty houses per homeless person in America.

        Just like food, there’s no actual shortage. It’s all greed.