pow@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 month agoNZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satelliteswww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up129
arrow-up129external-linkNZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satelliteswww.rnz.co.nzpow@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaremakingStuffForFun@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month ago$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?
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoOk, 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.
minus-squarepow@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI don’t like how you try to make the numbers harder to understand. It’s really easy: $113,000,000 / 5.2 million people = $21 per person.
$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