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If it's paid for by taxes, then it's not free. The cost is just hidden.

• MiroF 7y ago
  and distributed in a progressive manner and run without a profit motive
• coldtea 7y ago
  If it takes taxes from some other BS, like military spending, it is practically free.
  • behringer 7y ago
    I don't know why you'd be downvoted. 60 percent of the national budget goes to military.
    • jerkstate 7y ago
      that's not even close to correct, the USA does spend a lot on military but it does not do your argument any good to make up numbers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget
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      • behringer 7y ago
        https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spending_categories https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spendi... Don't forget to include veterans benefits
    • vonmoltke 7y ago
      No, it doesn't. Slightly less than half of the discretionary portion of the budget goes to defense programs. The discretionary portion is only about 33% of the total budget, meaning defense programs take about 16% of the total budget. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:2018_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/...
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      • behringer 7y ago
        https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spending_categories https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spendi... Don't forget to include veterans benefits