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I assume "Other purposes" is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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[โ€“] fidelacchius@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Eww you guys are getting close to spending more on education than the military. Slippery slope.

[โ€“] kboy101222@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It gets worse-

They spell defense with a c!

[โ€“] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Those goddamn commies need some freedumb!!!

[โ€“] Robaque@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Emu@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if you can't tell this is sarcasm, then you might not be best placed to be on the internet message boards, as you might misunderstand 99% of comments

[โ€“] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As mentioned by @w2qw@aussie.zone above:

This is just federal spending. Most educational spending is at the state level.