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Re:Canada buys 88 F-35 fighter jets for $14.2B by berelig on Monday January 09, 2023 @09:40PM (#34319769)
Per year? What length of time are you referring to?

$14,200,000,000/27,855,050[1] = $509 per tax filer (regardless of tax contribution)

Also, the bottom 40%[2] of Canadians pay $0 in income tax, so every Canadian that actually contributes to the national revenue has paid nearly $1,000 just for this purchase.

I support defence spending but let's not sugarcoat how much it really costs.

[1] # of taxfilers in Canada in 2020 - https://www.statista.com/statistics/478908/number-of-taxfile... [2] https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/trudeau-is-...

Re:Canada buys 88 F-35 fighter jets for $14.2B by osigurdson on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:01PM (#34319961)
>> The full life cycle of the programme is expected to cost $52bn ($70bn Canadian)

The other article linked states that the programme lifetime is 40 years.

$70B/35M/40 = $50 / year per person