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by sutterbomb 2187 days ago
the US is an EXTRAORDINARY large country. It has a population >500x greater than the state of Vermont, a state with 630,000 people.
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oneplane 2187 days ago
I wouldn't call it EXTRAORDINARY (especially not all-caps) when you know there are countries like Russia, Canada and China.

The only extraordinary thing would be the wealth distribution vs market value of the USA.

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sutterbomb 2182 days ago
In context it should be very easy to see why I phrased things the way I did. I do not personally think there's anything EXTRAORDINARY about US population size OR the budget amounts in question.
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