[1oooqooq]

i hated it at first, but then started to appreciate how it gives visibility on the cost of senator salaries and the military.

[Jagerbizzle]

US Senators make $193,400 per year and there are 100 of them. This ~20mil doesn't exactly stack up to the ~1.8 trillion of US government discretionary spending (or ~4 trillion of 'mandatory' spending).

[1oooqooq]

the salaries are the least expensive part of their cost.

[KoolKat23]

It doesn't really as our minds can't truly comprehend the population or volume of goods sold. Without that it's meaningless.

[1oooqooq]

excellent point. but it's a start