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With what we spent on the War on Terror, every American could have had $15k a year for the last 20 years, yet healthcare is too expensive.


You're off by at least an order of magnitude there. I see estimates from $6 trillion[1] to $8 trillion[2] for the cost of the war on terror. Taking the high estimate and the 2001 population of 285 million (i.e. ignoring population growth since 2001) gives $28k per person, or $1400 per year over 20 years. Accounting for population growth and taking the lower cost estimate decreases the amount further.

[1] https://www.vox.com/22654167/cost-deaths-war-on-terror-afgha...

[2] https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-09-01/costsofwar


That’s off by an order of magnitude - that’s over $100T.




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