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Re:The US Air Force Spent $326,000 Replacing Broken Coffee C... by willio58 on Thursday October 25, 2018 @02:26AM (#18298905)
“The black budget can be complicated to calculate, but in the United States it has been estimated to be over US$50 billion a year – a greater figure than current United States expenditure for education.”

Imagine cutting the black budget in half and more than doubling the education budget with that money. Suddenly free community college for all is doable. And you still have 25B for your hidden activities!

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Re:The US Air Force Spent $326,000 Replacing Broken Coffee C... by slededit on Friday October 26, 2018 @07:59PM (#18313562)
Medicare is $702bln/yr or $12,300 per recipient. Canada spends $3,000USD per capita and provides healthcare to everyone.

Think of what we could do with the $526.5bln that would be saved if US healthcare costs were brought back inline with other advanced economies.

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