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Ntrails • yesterday at 10:44 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

And yet the number of projects with similarly insignificant costs is large, and they do add up.

The argument cannot be "this money doesn't matter", it has to be "this represents good value for money" (imo)


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Grombobulous • yesterday at 11:26 PM

They literally don’t add up. Just look at a pie chart of the US government budget. The administrative state is a bargain.

Departments like the EPA are so small that they have to be put in the “other” umbrella that makes up 1% of federal spending (go to the Agency tab):

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...

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ninjagoo • yesterday at 11:47 PM

> "this represents good value for money" (imo)

Wouldn't you say this archive represents good value for the money?

A nation that forgets its past is a nation that repeats its mistakes.

mnky9800n • today at 1:20 AM

The checks that add up are the social security checks cashed by the quarter or so of baby boomers who don’t need them.

blurbleblurble • yesterday at 11:57 PM

This is so disingenuous. We all know where the money goes.