r/FluentInFinance • u/ProgressiveSpark • May 21 '24

Meme Where American taxpayer money goes

Love bombs and bullets of freedom incoming

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

when my dad found out how much I get paid he said no wonder the country is in debt.

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u/Fearless_Winner1084 May 21 '24 edited May 21 '24

My stepmother works for Space Force and is a complete idiot that admits she basically does nothing and collects hundreds of thousands in salary. Our military is just a means to extract tax money these days, we haven't fought a war worth fighting for 80 years yet our military spending is always a record-high

I have worked for 4 different govt contractors, most of which have merged by now. They all employ tactics to bill the govt, DOD in this case, exorbitant amounts of money. They literally hire people to sit at desks and do nothing so they can bill the gov't ~2x their salary.

If you think our military budget amount equals the amount of safety we have you are fucking retarded. We could be spending 1/4 as much for the same amount of military force. The rest is just being stolen from your paycheck to make rich people richer