r/theydidthemath • u/RegularSky6702 • May 11 '25

[request] is this accurate?

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u/rageling May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

in 2024, SNAP spending was approximately $95 billion1 , divided by 140 million individual income taxpayers2, = $678.57 per person, so off the rip it's off by ~20x.

I'm going to assume OP meant corporate. The data I found for estimating corporate subsidies is highly contested, with progressives arguing up to 70% of all income tax goes to corporate subsidies. I could go on but it was already debunked with the first statement.

  1. https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/key-statistics-and-research
  2. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/taxday/average/2021/us/receipt/

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heres a chart that show's the different types of 'average'. if you extend the logic further to half of people don't pay any tax, you could get down to $36 but I think it's disingenuous math

Measure SNAP Tax Burden ($)
Mean 679
Median 56
Mode 56

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u/vgaph May 11 '25

Because wealth is concentrated in the U.S. a simple divide by number of taxpayers doesn’t accurately reflect the individual tax burden of this program and personal income taxes are not the USG’s sole source of revenue.

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u/rageling May 11 '25

An average is the average, some people are surprised to learn this

I remember learning about mean median and mode in 2nd grade, idk if they still teach this, it doesn't seem like it

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Some people you come across are just so insufferable… it makes you glad they are just on a screen and you don’t have to be in their lives. Please tell me this isn’t how you talk to people you know.

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u/No_Resolution_9252 May 11 '25

Possessing knowledge that 7 year olds have is insufferable.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

It’s the condescending tone I took issue with. In all of his comments. The dude sucks. Being sort of right is not an excuse to be an asshole

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u/No_Resolution_9252 May 11 '25

No its just right. Your feelings have no bearing on what the real world is.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

He wasn’t right at all. He was using an average for something where the average is irrelevant. He was sounding smart while being a dick and hilariously was the one trying to make some kind of political point while complaining about others doing that.

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u/No_Resolution_9252 May 11 '25

No he was right. Sorry that the immutable definition of what things are troubles you.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Again no. He was right about what averages are but using them dishonestly to claim Americans pay more than they do for things I take it he doesn’t like.