Watch the cost spiral out of control
Some people, who are much smarter than me, figured out a way to show the cost of the war in Iraq.
Here's how they did it:
"Currently, the Cost of War calculator is set to reach $152 billion at the end of 2004. This amount is based on the National Priorities Project analysis of the three requests made by the Bush Administration for funding for the war on Iraq, and what Congress actually allocated. The most recent request passed by Congress was for an additional $25 billion which was intended to pay for the costs through the end of the calendar year. For more information, please see the NPP publication, 'Cost to taxpayers of new $25 billion war request.'"
If you go and look, just be careful. It has the same hypnotizing effect as watching clothes tumble in a dryer.
posted by Dawn Withers @ 2:23 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
The cost of the war is Iraq, at about $4 billion a month, is pretty minor compared to our unfunded liabilities with Social Security and other entitlement programs (which cost about $800 billion a year).
Moreover, the long-term benefits of establishing a stable, Shia-led democracy in Iraq are enourmous, and will pay off for decades. I'm not going to go into an in-depth analysis of the strategic situation here, but basically it would totally move the balance of power in the region our way, because the Shia will not support any attempt to dominate the region by Sunnis, and as Arabs they will not team up with Islamic Iran. Although I doubt democracy will be contagious elsewhere in the Arab world, Iraq's quietist Shia might help bring down the regime in Iran, with which we are not going to go to war with once they have nuclear weapons.
I suggest the Cost of War calculator be ignored; whatever the cost, it is more than worth it.
I'm still trying to figure out how, in a democracy, my tax dollars get spent on a war that is totally immoral.
Ok, let's see, Social Security, Ok, that helps retired folks get by, yeah, lets compare that to, uh, killing thousands of people and sending thousands of Americans to be killed and wounded in a war that cannot be won.
You can't force democracy down anybody's throat. That misses the whole point of democracy. The ends do not justify the means.
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USUALLY I AM VERY PARTIOTIC,BUT NOT WHEN IT COMES TO BANKRUPTING THE WHOLE COUNTRY INTO INSOLVENCY,OVER A FOREIGN WAR. EVEN IF WE WIN THE WAR,WE'LL LOSE OUR OWN COUNTRY,RIGHT INTO POVERTY AND BANKRUPTCY. ASK CALIFORNIA; THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR SHIRT,AND EVERY BUSINESS IN THE STATE IS ALREADY MOVING OUT!!! THERE'S THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.A. A BANKRUPT, WORN OUT COUNTRY,DUE TO TOO MANY EXPENSIVE FORIEGN WARS...AND OPEN TO ANY INVADERS WHO WANT TO COME IN,OR BUY US OUT,AND OWN US.
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