"$200 billion (2.7% of the budget) Trump wants for his Iran war is a . . . big deal, . . . the $550 million (0.008% of the budget) Trump saved us by defunding public broadcasting was not.

. . . the extension of the Covid relief enhancement of the Earned Income Tax Credit would have cost around $40 billion (0.6% of the budget) . . . Extending the more generous Obamacare subsidies would have cost $27 billion (0.4% of the budget) . . ."

#Iran #USPolitics #MilitaryMadness

https://deanbaker22.substack.com/p/lesson-from-the-iran-war-42765-making