Episode 20
The Tax Bill Compared to Other Very Expensive Things
Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jeremiah Prophet
December 5, 20176m 1s
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Show Notes
Here is the cost of the current GOP tax bill placed in the context of other really expensive things. Although it's not quite enough money to solve world hunger, it's enough to end US homelessness four times over or fund nine simultaneous Apollo Programs.
I'm writing this post sort of as penance. During the primaries, I wrote a post arguing that Sanders' college plan was bad. And compared to any reasonable use of the money, I still think that's true.