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Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day. (www.motherjones.com)

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Okay, assuming $50k/yr cost per person,

Double that. At least. Pay and benefits to the troops are going to average significantly higher than 50k, and that's just to get them to their muster point. If you want them to actually go somewhere and do something, that's all going to be extra.