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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by adgjlsfhk1 on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:26PM (#32229695)
comparing percent of federal spending is an odd way of doing things since the scope of government has noticably broadened.
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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by deepdriver on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:33PM (#32229786)
Yes and no. The total economic pie was much smaller in antiquity, limiting the potential maximum scope of government. Even so, entitlement spending still took up its share of ancient budgets:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_Annonae

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