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  • MortUS@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzfuck this
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    13 hours ago

    We really need to tax the mega rich. I compiled this list of numbers after the President speech last night, it’s kinda wild:

    $            99,000 - National Median Income is less than $100 thousand.
    $         1,000,000 - 1 Million Dollars.
    $       485,000,000 - Cut Funds to International Relations and whatever.
    $     1,000,000,000 - 1 Billion Dollars. There are over 400 Billionaires in America.
    $    22,000,000,000 - Cut Funds to American Social Serivces through HHS (Human & Health Services).
    $   244,000,000,000 - Elon Musks Net Worth.
    $ 1,620,000,000,000 - 1 Trillion Dollars - Meta (Facebooks) Corporate Net Worth.
    $19,900,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2017 (Obama to Trump)
    $27,800,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2021 (Trump to Biden)
    $36,000,000,000,000 - The U.S. Deficit in Jan 2025 (Biden to Trump)
    

    (List of Mentioned Trump Cuts)



  • I made a list of all the cuts Trump mentioned:

    Million(s) Description
    $45 International school scholarships (labeled DEI) - [International Relations]
    $40 Some kind of international social services? - [International Relations]
    $8 Promoting international LGBTQ+? Is this research funding or international relations? - [International Relations]
    $60 Indigenous people in central america? Like, international relations? - [International Relations]
    $8 Making mice transgender? Like, research? - [Research]
    $32 Some kind of left wing propaganda operation in buldova? - [Spy Shit]
    $10 Promoting male circumcision in MoseHamBeak? idk - [Weird] [International Relations]
    $3.5 Consulting contract for fish monitoring? Like, research? - [Research]
    $1.5 Voter confidence in Liberia? Like, trying to help them secure a democracy? - [International Relations]
    $14 Social coheasion in Mahli? - [International Relations] [Spy Shit]
    $59 Illegal alien hotels in New York. idk - [Yeah, Alright]
    $42 Increase vegan local climate action innovation in Zambia? - [What?]
    $14 Social and behavior changes in Ughanda? Is this more research funding and is it ethical? - [idk] [Research]
    $47 Improving public procurement in Serbia? [Spy Shit]
    $101 DEI contracts at the Department of Education? [American Investment Cuts]

    (List of Cuts Mentioned by Trump)

    $485 Million cut funds to international relations, research, spy shit, and whatever else. I guess the question is, what are they going to do with the 485 Million? Presumably the $22 Billion cut in American Human & Health Services (HHS) is going toward paying down the deficit, right?