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applegrove

(132,943 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 05:35 PM 4 hrs ago

Good meme:

#HealthcareNotWarfare
— (@tmel1219.bsky.social) 2026-05-07T15:58:11.262Z

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Good meme: (Original Post) applegrove 4 hrs ago OP

That "$91 Million a day" seems very high. And who believes the "$1 Billion" anyway? erronis 2 hrs ago #1

So, you think it is more, or less than $1 billion a day? Escurumbele 2 hrs ago #2

My guess is that it is considerably more than $1B per day. Who's auditing the DOD? erronis 2 hrs ago #3

I always LOL popsdenver 1 hr ago #4

erronis

(24,410 posts)

1. That "$91 Million a day" seems very high. And who believes the "$1 Billion" anyway?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 06:52 PM

2 hrs ago

Escurumbele

(4,106 posts)

2. So, you think it is more, or less than $1 billion a day?

Reply to erronis (Reply #1)

Thu May 7, 2026, 07:12 PM

2 hrs ago

erronis

(24,410 posts)

3. My guess is that it is considerably more than $1B per day. Who's auditing the DOD?

Reply to Escurumbele (Reply #2)

Thu May 7, 2026, 07:24 PM

2 hrs ago

(I know, nobody is.)

I also know that numbers coming from the DOD in years past are always tailored to fit the political story.

Where are the costs to infrastructure or lives factored in? And, of course, those would be only US costs, not innocent lives and material from other nations.

How about the costs of the US facilities that have been heavily damaged by the Iranians? Or they just amortized as a "cost of doing business"?

popsdenver

(2,535 posts)

4. I always LOL

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 08:07 PM

1 hr ago

When they give the price of Trump's trips down to Mar-A-Gago.......The figure they give wouldn't cover the fuel costs for Air Force One, much less the fuel needed for all the support transport planes and the 6 Jet fighters that accompany AFONE..........
Then all the expenses for the security.....Secret Service Advance Team, etc etc etc........

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