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NZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satellites
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2024
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$21 per NZ citizen to pay for that. That is not pocket change considering its just one of MANY costs required to run a society.
That includes every child, pensioners, unemployed, disabled person and others. The real cost per tax payer is MUCH higher.
How's the public healthcare in NZ? Public transport?
Ok, so $113m is approx $1.60 per person per year.
Or if only looking at the ~3.5m tax payers, then it is ~$2.70 per person per year.
I don't like how you try to make the numbers harder to understand. It's really easy:
Ok