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futurism.com: For years, the EPA has baked a figure called the “value of a statistical life” (VSL) into its cost-benefit calculations on things like factory pollution. Think of it as the number that answers the question: how much is keeping someone alive worth, in dollars, weighed against the cost of making a corporation clean up after itself?

As Fortune notes, the previous answer hovered at about $11.7 million per person. The Trump administration’s answer is zero.

My Opinion: According to the president, American lives are worthless. I am worried about the negative impact this will have on pollution and health. If the president claims that human lives are worthless, then I believe that the president's life has negative value. America and the world would be better off without him. But he is perhaps the best protected man in the world, as such he will live to see the consequences of his policies on the people. And while he is safe, his reputation isn't.

The Gaurdian: Under the proposal for the 2027 fiscal year beginning on 1 October, defense spending would rise by 42% to $1.5tn, $445bn higher than its level in 2026. The funds would go towards programs intended to ensure “the United States maintains the world’s most powerful and capable military”, including expanding the defense manufacturing industrial base and funding the Golden Dome, a proposed space-based weapons system to intercept strikes against the United States.

My Opinion: The government has already slashed funding on science, environment, education, and international aid. While he is planning on increasing defence spending by over forty percent. When there is no immediate security risk to USA. With this budget, USA is ceding moral leadership of the world, and replacing it with an international interventional military policy.

The hundreds of billions in extra funds for defence, would be much better spent on reducing the fiscal deficit. But to choose words carefully, the 'defence' word is no longer used as much. As the 'war' word is now more used by the administration. So the president's goal is not to defend the country, but to make war. Which is offensive - perhaps it can also be called the 'offense' budget.