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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (13 children)

Everyone loves to talk about Norwegian welfare as the pinnacle of social policy while conveniently forgetting that it's a tiny country of 5.5 million people backed by a trillion dollars of oil money from the state.

Edit: I love how everyone glosses over the population size as if it has nothing to do with policy making and the politically stagnant environment of the US.

[–] Kinperor 31 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)
  • Healthcare $200
  • Data $150
  • Infrastructure $800
  • Military industrial complex $3,600,000,000
  • Culture war $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my country is dying-

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Military industrial complex $3,600,000,000

There's a whole lot of corruption packed into this number.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Seventh Audit Failed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That MIC budget is too small by at least 2 zeros if not 3

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