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If that's what it costs to bring them home, that's what we spend.
Iran is now claiming the rescue was unsuccessful.
Given how trustworthy the two sides are, I won't believe where the guy is until he comes out and reveals himself.
How much does it cost to not send them there in the first place?
Ah! Excellent question.
It is estimated that there are 92 million people living in Iran. The price of a human, ignoring the human's net worth, has a lower bound of 1 million USD (based off the heart alone).
With some simple math, it can be deduced that Iran currently holds at least 92 trillion dollars of human wealth.
Since Iran is considered to be an enemy of the US, that 92 trillion is subtracted off of the US GDP (~30.5 trillion USD), which puts the US in the red.
Therefore, Trump must reduce Iran's stockpiles of human wealth to get the US GDP to at least break even.
I am sure you understand, now that I put this in this very logical way.
/s if there's any confusion
That's a different question. We put them there, we are responsible for bringing them back.
Are you aware how many people could be saved with 2 billions worth of social programs and healthcare?
None, because even if we weren't in this war, they wouldn't spend it on that stuff anyway.
Doesn't change the fact that 2 billion could save a lot of people if the money was allocated for that instead of war.
Yeah, I get it. After Afghanistan, I heard we spent $7 trillion, and got literally no outcome. Everything was essentially the same as when we started, 20 years before. Think of what we could have done with $7 trillion over 20 years...
Yes, it's so sad how USA has lost obvious opportunities to improve the lives of their population, actually not much different from Russia. The money was there, they were just spend on making the rich richer and to build an expensive military.
Not specifically but I know it's a lot. Doesn't reduce our obligation to rescue the people our country puts in harm's way (for good reasons or bad).
Too late the US military is there
Of course. Nobody is contesting that.
None of this was necessary to begin with- that’s why the costs are being discussed.
No, I'm contesting that.
Stupid murderous scum following the orders of a rapist pig pulling stock market schemes don't deserve to be rescued.
$2 billion isn't how much it costs to bring them back; it's how much it costs to bring them back without making any concessions to Iran. There was always the option where they're brought back through negotiations with Iran, which would've cost far less than $2 billion.
But they're not spending anything getting them back, they’re spending your money so they don’t care
How many Americans could be fed or housed for $2 billion? You could save a lot more lives that way.