VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 8 days agoTax dollars going to the wrong placesdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down14
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minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days ago we can cover some tampons That’s a great way to put it. Military budget: $961.6 billion for FY2026 (wikipedia) Period products: $11.5 billion yearly (https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/4/619) “Some” really puts it in perspective.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoI can’t believe this number. 11.5 billions per year for period products??
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days ago$20-30 per month x 12 months x the number of post-puberty pre-menopause people is a lot
minus-squareAbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI mean, it makes sense. We don’t want $900 billion in tampons. They are talking about buying tampons for the US, not for the whole world and then some. “Some” makes sense. /jk
That’s a great way to put it.
Military budget: $961.6 billion for FY2026 (wikipedia) Period products: $11.5 billion yearly (https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/4/619)
“Some” really puts it in perspective.
I can’t believe this number. 11.5 billions per year for period products??
$20-30 per month x 12 months x the number of post-puberty pre-menopause people is a lot
I mean, it makes sense. We don’t want $900 billion in tampons. They are talking about buying tampons for the US, not for the whole world and then some. “Some” makes sense.
/jk