money per citizen

This note last modified December 16, 2024

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money

Big numbers seen a different way, federal spending in dollars per U.S. resident:

Museum and Library Services: $0.81
Planned Parenthood: $1.44
Estimated SNAP fraud: $2.34 (SNAP = food stamps, 2009)
Israeli aid: $10.38 + $39.62($10.38 is average yearly contribution, $39.62 is in recent aid package approved by the House.)
NASA: $74.32
Highways: $151.83 (2023)
Department of Defense: $2,300.51
Iraq war (total): $4,890.64

Oh, and wealth gain by 1% of richest Americans in 2021: $17,759.30