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devoutsalsa on July 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Half of US states now using facial recognition to ...

Queue HN pedantry in 3... 2... 1...

$1_000_000_000 in claims

7_615_000 WA state population

1_000_000_000 / 7_615_000 = 131.319763624 $/person

yadaeno on July 25, 2021 [–]

I multiplied by 3 at the end since kids and unemployed don't pay taxes but you're right ty.

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