America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race

Re:America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race by tptacek on Friday August 16, 2024 @02:13PM (#41268841)

We spend enormously on education; in most municipalities it's going to be the majority of your property tax bill†. The distinction is that education is primarily funded locally, and the military is entirely funded federally. If you add up all-source funding, they might be neck-and-neck.

† People get tripped up on this because school systems are often their own taxing bodies, so they look at their city budget or whatever and see huge line items for police and fire and nothing meaningful for schools, but if you go to your county you can probably get the breakdown of all your local taxing bodies on one page and see where that misconception is coming from.

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Re:America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race by woooooo on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:14PM (#41269431)

"Federal spending", I said.

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Re:America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race by tptacek on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:19PM (#41269463)

What's the point of pulling out federal spending? When the federal government decides to devolve a policy issue out to the states, that isn't necessarily indication of its importance as an issue. Law enforcement, for instance, is a hugely important national issue, and is almost entirely local. I assure you that Americans care deeply about having good fire departments; the federal government doesn't fund them.

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Re:America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race by woooooo on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:22PM (#41269488)

OP linked to a breakdown of federal spending.

I'm not pursuing an angle here, just lending detail.

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Re:America prepares for a new nuclear-arms race by tptacek on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:30PM (#41269556)

Got it, thanks.

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