U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
      • 3abas@lemmy.world
        31·
        2 days ago

        First of all, are you implying 13 billion dollars is nothing?

        And second, kids and unemployed don’t pay taxes, so it’s closer to $85 per tax return filed.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
          61·
          2 days ago

          It’s a lot to recipient countries because the American economy is whack, but in terms of American tax revenue, yes it is nothing.