For further perspective, as professional climate scientist & meteorologist, I personally pay several hundred dollars per yr for basic raw data access from ECMWF--European NOAA equivalent (basic commercial licenses run in ~5 figures). That does not include forecast interpretation.
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Daniel Swain
Folks are getting worked up about my recent claim that U.S. National Weather Service costs $3-4 per person/year. Well, some math: NWS budget of ~$1.3 billion, ~160 million tax returns, & ~345 million Americans means ~$8/taxpayer, or (indeed) ~$3.75/person. That's...quite a deal.
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Thank you!!
Trumps ‘17 tax cuts expire ‘25 but at deficit cap & $5.6B in tax cuts to wealthy short.