Daniel Lakeland on Nostr: Seriously, how much does it cost to make sure everyone in America has quality food to ...
Seriously, how much does it cost to make sure everyone in America has quality food to eat daily? Net cost, undoubtedly negative (ie. it pays for itself in problems we no longer have to deal with) but just the cash cost of buying the food...
I'm gonna go with an upper bound undoubtedly massive overestimate, 3 double wrapped Chipotle burritos or equivalent daily. That's $15/ea say, or $45/day, times 30 that's say $1350/mo each person in the US. Or around $16500/yr...
GDP/capita is $90k or 18%
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