[Barrin92]

If you want the actual number, about 13 bucks per month per taxpayer[1]. So about what, three to four coffees a month to protect 40 million free people from defending themselves from autocracy?

[1]https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197958571

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You took the $165 / 12 and arrived at 13 bucks per month per taxpayer.

But if you had read the rest of the transcript, you’d arrive at this beautiful part:

“The numbers we came up with, the $165 per person and the $11.25 per person, aren't really real because they are based on this idea that everything we sent to Ukraine and everything we sent to Israel came from tax revenue, and that's just not the case.

MCMANUS: The revenue that goes in is not necessarily connected to how the government is actually budgeting. What we're paying in taxes just does not have to match what we spend. So the whole exercise is sort of irrelevant.

GONZALEZ: It's irrelevant because of one big elephant in the room, which is deficit spending. We spend more than we bring in as a country.”

And from who is the US borrowing most of their money from? It currently owes China roughly 850 billion USD, and it has to pay interest on this.

And how does it pay this interest? Either it borrows more, growing the problem, or it is a portion of your taxes going straight to China <3.

[Barrin92]

>And from who is the US borrowing most of their money from?

The American people, largely. China owns roughly 3% of America's debt. The overwhelming majority of American debt is hold domestically (and thus eventually returns to US citizens) But if the 13 bucks weren't precise enough for you, the 4% interest America pays on 10 year bonds I suppose bring the monstrous bill up another 50 cents per decade, truly a game changer when it comes to defending the free world.

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Ah just noticed I misunderstood your initial post, my bad. I agree with you.

Yes, about ~23% of the USD debt is international. I mentioned China to focus on places where taxes go internationally.