The Soviet Reporter@lemmygrad.ml to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agoUSA spent $8.7B to Israel and $5,109.93 for militarism per tax payerlemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: psl@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1120arrow-down1imageUSA spent $8.7B to Israel and $5,109.93 for militarism per tax payerlemmygrad.mlThe Soviet Reporter@lemmygrad.ml to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: psl@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareregul [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoI’m normally a huge pedant, so I’ll point out that using the median would change this number a lot. America is an incredibly unequal country. The average salary in the US was ~$70k, but the median is ~$43k. Total federal obligations on $70k is $13k. For $43k it’s $6.5k.
I’m normally a huge pedant, so I’ll point out that using the median would change this number a lot. America is an incredibly unequal country. The average salary in the US was ~$70k, but the median is ~$43k.
Total federal obligations on $70k is $13k.
For $43k it’s $6.5k.