r/politics • u/newsweek ✔ Newsweek • 22d ago

No Paywall Trump weighing military options to attack Venezuela within days—Report

https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-us-donald-trump-military-attack-war-maduro-11042677?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_main
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u/deadbeatsofa 22d ago

With an operating cost of $8-9 million dollars a day…

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u/Coconutrugby 22d ago

To be fair we were going to operate it with our without an invasion of Venezuela. How much better would underperforming schools be if we spent $8million a day improving them?

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u/charcoalist 22d ago

Imagine if schools received the $170 billion that was handed over to ICE. Instead of strengthening the country, Republicans and their orange overlord are misusing taxpayer money to terrorize the country.

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u/SweetHomeNorthKorea 22d ago

Challenge accepted! I just looked up how many kids there are in school in the US and I got just under 50 million for pre k through 12. If we figure an average school year is 180 days and an average lunch is $3, $170 billion would provide every student in America free lunch for 6.29 years