US Federal Budget Scale
Discussions focus on putting specific US federal expenditures into perspective by comparing them to the total federal budget, major department budgets, or revenue, often with links to Wikipedia infographics and official sources.
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You dont have to imagine! Thats less than a sixth of a percent of the entire US federal budget :)
what’s insane is that you just rounded off an amount roughly equal to the combined budget of:- department of energy ($24B)- department of education ($45B)- department of transportation ($73B)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_execut...
Wikipedia says 0.53% of the Federal budget.
I just looked up the 2018 federal budget for examples:Department of Defense : $574 billionDepartment of Veteran Affairs :$78.9 billionDepartment of Education : $68.2 billionDepartment of Health and Human Services :$65.1 billionEnvironmental Protection Agency: $5.7 billionDoes this not seem off to you?
We are talking about 8.2 billion dollars from a 6.5 trillion dollar budget. The US brings in 5 trillion dollars in revenue yearly.This is like someone making 100k a year complaining about spending 16 cents on something because they have a loan to pay off.
If this helps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#M...
Here you go.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_Sta...
The US military budget is nearly $700bn annually, and NASA's budget is $22.6bn.For the US government, $300M is pocket money. It's unbelievably negligent not to spend a relatively tiny sum which could avoid total collapse.It's like owning a very grand house and not paying a few hundred dollars for insurance.
Better link.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_Sta...
~16%: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...