I think that all government spending should be described in per capita terms. Even better would be per taxpayer. And maybe split between individual taxpayers and businesses that takes into account actual tax paid, not just the technicality of filing.
This is the kind of thing we unfortunately will never see because then politicians couldn’t fear-monger their base into voting against their best interests anymore. It would also make it MUCH harder for the GOP to give billionaires more tax breaks if they had to put the math in the bill to show their work.
So like $.34 per US citizen, not bad.
339,996,563 (2023 US pop estimate ) / (US$ 1 billion) = ~$0.34
I think that all government spending should be described in per capita terms. Even better would be per taxpayer. And maybe split between individual taxpayers and businesses that takes into account actual tax paid, not just the technicality of filing.
This is the kind of thing we unfortunately will never see because then politicians couldn’t fear-monger their base into voting against their best interests anymore. It would also make it MUCH harder for the GOP to give billionaires more tax breaks if they had to put the math in the bill to show their work.
I agree with your conclusion but I think you have your numerator and denominator swapped.
$1,000,000,000 / 339,996,563 citizens = ~$2.94 / citizen