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2021-07-14 // day precision

The FYDP explained as shoveling money into a furnace

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Cartoon workers shovel banknotes into a furnace under the caption “The FYDP explained.”
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The Future Years Defense Program acronym appears above a cartoon of money being shoveled into a furnace. The visual expresses budget frustration rather than a factual spending analysis. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments No comments were visible at the October 15, 2026 review. Coverage: No comments yet was visible at review. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, FYDP, budgeting, early-years