The #American #War against #Iran is costing about $1,000,000,000 a day, approximately. I have paid income #taxes to the #US government for 52 years now. Adding up all the taxes I've paid over the years, my cumulative contribution to the US Treasury would pay for approximately 38 seconds of the war.

Seriously, the amount I paid in income taxes, if I got it back, would buy a nice house, or fund a nice retirement, or allow me and my wife to take a series of wonderful vacations.

Nope, 38s.

@RegGuy Same. And I’ve been in tech most of my career. This is insane.
@MissConstrue Yup, I'm retired and still paying considerable taxes, but my wife and I pay for little more than one second's worth of the war. And as you, we were high earners, in the top 10%. Crazy.