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dpibel

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10. It's more like 6 hours

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:55 AM

Friday

Annual payroll for the active military is about $200 billion.

That's about $548 million a day.

So $130 million isn't really going to make much of a difference.

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