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This Modern World
Remember when they told us the war would pay for itself?
By Tom Tomorrow [2008-03-10]

  • miscalculated?

    Obviously the real cost of the war is not monetary.. but shall we look at these numbers? First of all, I can't imagine the $3 trillion is the incremental cost of the war. And that $3 trillion.. that's $333 million a day for 9,000 days, or 25 years. We're going to be spending at current rate for two more decades?

    Regarding size, we're also talking to the sun and back.. and I think this would pay for a year's healthcare for everyone on the planet, unless US kids doctor bills average $6,000/year.

    But - keeping things in perspective.. interesting that this $3 trillion happens to be the amount the Bush administration increased our national debt during the last 7 years: from 6 to 9 trillion, or $20,000 to $30,000 per US citizen.

    Easy to ask in retrospect.. but for those US citizens supporting war way back in 2002.. would a check for $10,000 per family member been helpful to calm those Saddam's-coming-to-get-me night tremors?

    -- clamshell
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    Sunday, March 9, 2008 01:50 PM
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