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A single person funding a government for >330 million people even for only 8 hours is pretty impressive.

Gives off malcador holding the golden throne for a short time energy

I have a sudden new appreciation for the Lincoln Memorial.

Or less than 2.5 days of interest payments on the federal debt

Yes, what a colossal waste - would have been much better going to charities.

Choose your charities wisely. The average is something like 66% of funds going to the actual cause, and it varies wildly between 10% and 95%+.

There is value in those other things. Administration is an important job - while it is justifiably looked down on because it is easy to bloat, there are important things that need to be done. And those administrators really should have comfortable chairs, motorized standing desks (yes both!), coffee, and other those other little things that make life in an office better.

On the flipside, imagine if they gave $7B to an anti-government group or militia to perform a coup or attack another country...

That could buy a ton of arms and equipment and likely enough funds to be successful depending upon what the ultimate goal was.