$50 Billion Is An Abstraction

Mockler on Cost of Iran War:

So in New York, they did free school lunches for $300 million a year, put that against the $50 billion, which is a conservative estimate for this war. We could have funded this across the country. How about in Connecticut? They have paid family… pic.twitter.com/NAOx98Z3NO

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 2, 2026

Mockler on Cost of Iran War:

So in New York, they did free school lunches for $300 million a year, put that against the $50 billion, which is a conservative estimate for this war. We could have funded this across the country. How about in Connecticut? They have paid family leave. It was $450 million a year. And it is $5 million to start up. Put that against the $50 billion. It is a no brainer. What about one more in New Mexico. It costs $1.5 billion for free college. We could do that 20 times over with the $50 billion that we've spent.

For a war nobody wanted, or wants now. Which Congress could stop NOW, if the GOP would do it.

The question from Stephanie Ruhle was: how do you get young voters to turn out? Thus is how. Make the abstract, concrete.