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Ok the EPA is the one distributing it, not funding it.
So like $.34 per US citizen, not bad.
339,996,563 (2023 US pop estimate ) / (US$ 1 billion) = ~$0.34
I think that all government spending should be described in per capita terms. Even better would be per taxpayer. And maybe split between individual taxpayers and businesses that takes into account actual tax paid, not just the technicality of filing.
This is the kind of thing we unfortunately will never see because then politicians couldn't fear-monger their base into voting against their best interests anymore. It would also make it MUCH harder for the GOP to give billionaires more tax breaks if they had to put the math in the bill to show their work.
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I agree with your conclusion but I think you have your numerator and denominator swapped.
$1,000,000,000 / 339,996,563 citizens = ~$2.94 / citizen
Yep, thanks! Was doing it in a rush on mobile, but yeah, basically same conclusion. And it's out of money the government already took from everybody so it's not like everyone has to dig in the couch to find $3, they already gave it to the IRS ages ago.
Congress funded it, like everything else the federal government does.
The title could be read that it was EPA's decision. But it was Congress's decision.