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>>15146580
>In FY 2022 total US government spending on welfare — federal, state, and local — was “guesstimated” to be $1.662 TRILLION, including $792 billion for Medicaid, and $869 billion in other welfare.
https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/welfare_spending
How much does a trip to Mars cost:
>About $1 Billion per trip
https://www.yahoo.com/video/cost-travel-moon-mars-beyond-200009814.html
If we stopped ALL welfare, and instead spent it on space travel, we would be able to send 2,000 FLIGHTS to The Moon and Mars within the first 2 years. That would be enough to set up a permanent colony and probably begin terraforming the surface.
>>15146590
Exactly, literal welfare aliens.