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[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] vane@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I just read what you linked. $450 million annually for 5000 people. Isn't that 90 000 per person per year ?

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Literally would be cheaper to just give people ubi

[-] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

$1000/yr to rent a bunk in a tent and 3 bowls of gruel per day. $89000 into the bosses pockets.

[-] figjam@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

The best accountants.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Australia spends $4m per year, per person to lock refugees up in Nauru, and $3.5m per person, per year on Christmas island

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