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Given climate change's existential consequences, the price seems like a steal. Compare it to 2023 DoD budget of $773 billion [1] and the _net_ interest the feds paid on national debt in 2023 of $659 billion [2].

Certainly, we should implement numerous intervention strategies to combat climate change. Government spending seems largely unaccountable to citizens outside of the lobbyist elite. Why not, at least, spend some Monopoly money on something that might actually work?

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1) https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudg... 2) https://www.crfb.org/blogs/2023-interest-costs-reach-659-bil...

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