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Even if we got rid of all foreign funding it wouldn’t even begin to make a dent.
We need to focus on cutting social services first since that’s majority of the budget.
In individual finance, replace the $100,000 ford f-150 with a $20,000 Prius, the $7 Starbucks won’t change your financial outcome at all really.
I’m so Bearuch (Blessed) 🤗🇮🇱!
Thank you for 777 followers on Nostr (according to Primal).
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Need a super cool name for my space app. Any suggestions?
It’s your chance to immortalize yourself!
Here’s the output reply too just in case you wanted to read it.
Trillions of dollars can be incredibly hard to wrap your head around. Shrinking the entire U.S. federal budget down to a single $100 bill is one of the best ways to understand where our tax dollars actually go.
Before we look at the exact dollars and cents, it helps to see how the overall money flows. The Sankey diagram below illustrates how the federal government takes in revenue (mostly from individual income and payroll taxes) and channels it into different types of spending:
Using the most recent comprehensive federal spending data, here is exactly how that $100 is divided up:
The U.S. $100 Budget Breakdown
| General Category | Share of the $100 | Specific Programs Included |
|---|---|---|
| Social Programs | $60.00 | Social Security ($22.00), Medicare ($14.00), Medicaid & healthcare ($14.00), and Income Security/safety net ($10.00). |
| Military & Veterans | $19.00 | Department of Defense ($13.00) and Veterans benefits/services ($6.00). |
| Net Interest on Debt | $14.00 | The cost of servicing the existing national debt. |
| Foreign Aid | $1.25 | Economic, developmental, and humanitarian assistance. |
| All Other Programs | $5.75 | Education ($2.00), Transportation ($2.00), Administration of Justice ($1.00), and everything else ($0.75). |
| Total U.S. Budget | $100.00 | |
1. Social Programs: $60.00
This is by far the heaviest piece of the pie. Nearly two-thirds of every dollar spent by the government goes toward domestic health, retirement, and safety-net programs:
* Social Security ($22.00): Strictly mandatory spending that goes directly to retired workers, disabled individuals, and surviving spouses.
* Medicare ($14.00): Provides health coverage for seniors over 65 and people with specific disabilities.
* Medicaid & Health ($14.00): Covers joint federal-state medical assistance for low-income individuals, children, and federal health research (like the National Institutes of Health).
* Income Security ($10.00): This is the actual "safety net"—including SNAP (food stamps), unemployment insurance, school lunch programs, and housing assistance.
2. Military & Veterans: $19.00
Often lumped together simply as "defense," this category supports national security and those who served:
* National Defense ($13.00): Directly funds the Department of Defense, including military personnel, weapons development, and global operations.
* Veterans Benefits ($6.00): Funds VA hospitals, disability compensation, and GI Bill education benefits for retired military members.
3. Foreign Aid: $1.25 (By Country)
Foreign aid is a tiny subset of the federal budget, representing only about $1.25 out of your $100.
Because $1.25 is a small amount to slice, we have to talk about "cents" to show where it goes. Based on the most recent fully finalized annual disbursements, that $1.25 is distributed as follows:
* Israel: ~$0.10 (10 cents) — Primarily foreign military financing.
* Ukraine: ~$0.09 (9 cents) — Emergency economic, security, and humanitarian aid.
* Jordan: ~$0.02 (2.5 cents) — Economic support and regional security.
* Ethiopia: ~$0.02 (2 cents) — Major humanitarian assistance, food programs, and public health.
* Democratic Republic of the Congo: ~$0.02 (2 cents) — Emergency medical aid, food security, and crisis response.
* Global Programs (170+ other countries): ~$1.00 — The rest is spread incredibly thin across the globe. It covers international disaster relief, global vaccine distribution, UN peacekeeping, and agricultural development.
> Perception vs. Reality: Public opinion polls consistently show that the average American believes foreign aid consumes roughly 25% of the federal budget (which would be $25 out of our $100). In reality, the entire world combined receives just $1.25, with the largest single-country allies receiving about a dime each.
>
4. Net Interest on the Debt: $14.00
This is one of the fastest-growing categories in the budget. This $14.00 does not pay for any schools, roads, or troops; it is purely the interest the U.S. government must pay to investors who hold American debt. Due to rising national debt and higher interest rates, the interest on our "credit card" now costs more than the entire baseline Department of Defense budget ($13.00).
5. All Other Programs: $5.75
This final pot is what many people think of when they imagine "government spending." Out of your $100, these domestic services receive relatively modest slices:
* Education & Social Services ($2.00): Federal grants for K-12 schools, special education, and student loans.
* Transportation ($2.00): Highway funding, airport improvements, and mass transit.
* Justice ($1.00): The FBI, federal courts, border security, and federal prisons.
* General Administration ($0.75): Everything else, including NASA, the EPA, national parks, and running the federal agencies.
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Foreign aid is to Israel is about 0.05% to 0.01% of the budget.
According to Gemini, if the U.S. Budget was $100, Israel would be $0.10 of the $100 with social services being $60, and the military being ~$20 with all foreign aid in total being a $1.25.
Gemini instance:
https://share.gemini.google/AVXqrYEtEBIj
I could also ask grok, Claude, or another ai for you, or post a source that breaks down the budget.
I was just going to the thrift for a couple cheap shirts, but everything was ½ off so I got all these for $6 too. I love those old milk jugs for summer drink pitchers.
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We are a your local Saturday walking club (because every SAT matters!) and a global grassroots community movement aiming to share knowledge, make friends and persue freedom. We test freedom tech and support local communities around the world. Its a simple thing that somehow checks all the right boxes. Try it 3 times and let me know what experience you had.
Ok, but, please DO build the networks that the imminent authorities will label as such. Fuck em, we need those networks.
I deeply respect Thomas Massie, however I respectfully disagree with him on this.
I think he’s well intentioned but I think he’s inadvertently emboldening the wrong types of people by doing stuff like this.
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cc @npub1k64…nekl for the scifi/fantasy author list 😊
I played Star Control quite late - some open source port actually - but even when my understanding of English and the story was abysmal, I was fascinated by the intertwined stories, and how the game actually had morals that pushed them to their resolution, they just don't bother telling you who/what or why. The absence of hand-holding and the overarching story seeded across the universe really appealed to me (though sometimes through caricatures of the characters). Recently I found that they had a shoutout section in the manual, for sci-fi/fantasy authors that inspired them.
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I should update my kindle library....
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(I really like this creator, he posts lot of factorio, but sometimes gems like this)
Still the raging hater on this platform eh? Your reputation precedes you. Cnut.
On some level you chose to experience it all, the flat tyre, the bad meeting & delayed flight. We don't like it, it's uncomfortable but you chose it for a reason.
The trick is to be aware enough to notice the reason. You can also simply just embrace the unknown & just go with it.
#deflock
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Fed money printing when it looked like the asset owning class might lose something
#deflock
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Yeah it looks like it just opens the gallery, maybe it should be for any file
The encrypt button is there but none of my configured blossom servers will accept it
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You can run past them but it's dangerous, specially because most of the time they are in pairs (aside the ambush ones)
Thanks. I am indeed Introvert.
What do railroads, dot-coms, and AI have in common?
shit man, mentally prepared for stairs ?
📰 **In this week's issue:**
**What Happened This Week In The Nostr World**
NM team
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You probably think Nostr is just another decentralized Twitter clone that peaked in early 2025. The W3C Nostr Community ...
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サしゅうしててもボットだけあくせすしつづけてるのずるくない？なに？
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The nsec bunker was maybe the problem. I updated PressStr to 1.4.4 now with our conversation. Please try again.
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Happy Wednesday, bitches.
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I played Perfect Dark before Golden Eye 😬
Yeah, it is tangential I guess. It's just a special facet when there is no energy for anything :)
Well, you never show it, of course! It's just something you made in your head in case someone claims to be you or claims to have cloned you. If it turned out to be really true, you can burn the secret in the attempt to find the truth. If you need to use that secret more than once, you're on a different level of problems entirely.
Couldda been an eggcelent match up if they'd joined in
I don't candy up my coffee, and I hate milk.
Coffee, black, hot.
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Udderly alarming situation when you add in how lazy those fat pigs are, come to think of it.
Yakihome.
Yakihomie.
Yakinevergonngiveyouup.
Whatever.
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For me it's @nprofile…wywf, but I do like dark wisp and taco home as well.
