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    12 Things (and Counting) That Cost More Than Health Care For Trans Service Members

    Because is $8.4 million (at most) really that much in the eyes of the government and Trump?

    jennifermeyer
    by jennifermeyer

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    Trump has claimed the high health care costs of trans service members are why they are no longer welcome to serve in the US Military.

    Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

    After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow......

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    Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

    ....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming.....

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    Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

    ....victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you

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    Here are 12 things that cost more than the $2.4 million to $8.4 million it costs to fund trans troops' medical costs.

    1. Trump’s 11 personal trips to Mar-A-Lago: $29 million

    Michael Skolnik @MichaelSkolnik

    Eleven personal trips this year by Trump to Mar-A-Lago: $29 million Medical services for transgender people in the military: $8.4 million

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    2. One mile of Trumps’s border wall: $24.5 million

    ONE. MILE.

    3. Giving $1 to every person that would lose their health insurance if the Senate passes the latest health care bill - the “skinny repeal:” $15 million

    Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget / Via crfb.org

    4. Cost to NYC to guard Trump Tower from election day to inauguration: $24 million

    5. Potential two year cost to tourism industry due to Trump’s travel ban: $18 billion

    yes... billion

    6. Amount the NRA spent on Trump’s election: $30.3 million

    Open Secrets & The Trace / Via opensecrets.org

    I mean, since they love guns so much, why not throw a cool $8.4 million to allow trans service members to use guns to defend the nation?

    7. Military spending on erectile disfunction medications: $84 million

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    8. Annual cost of funding the various military bands: $437 million

    FYI: This is almost three times as much as spending on the National Endowment for the Arts.

    9. Cost to discharge the currently serving 7,000 trans service members: $370 million

    onward2waffles @onward2waffles

    @Jduckham So, discharging all 7,000 would cost in the ballpark of $370 million -- 44 TIMES the "tremendous" medical… https://t.co/t8U5esm6dx

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    10. Amount Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort was fined in 2015 for money laundering: $10 million

    11. Trump University settlement: $25 million

    Not running a fake university could have funded trans service members' medial costs for 3 years.

    12. Amount of extra funding the Secret Service had to request in order to keep up with Trump's lifestyle: $60 million

    And do not forget the added costs to protect his family...

    ♪ Money, money, money, money, money. Some people got to have it. ♫

    Brigette Supernova/ The Daily Beast / Via thedailybeast.com
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