$8k for every American to pay for Iraq

[Matt Collins]

$8,000 PER U.S. CITIZEN FOR IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WARS:
"The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could total $2.4 trillion through the next decade, or nearly $8,000 per man, woman and child in the country, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate scheduled for release Wednesday. ... In the months before the March 2003 Iraq invasion, the Bush administration estimated the Iraq war would cost no more than $50 billion."


-- "War costs may total $2.4 trillion." USA TODAY, Oct. 23, 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-10-23-wacosts_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

 

[fsk]

It's like a brand new car per family.

 

[Liberty Star]

$8,000 PER U.S. CITIZEN FOR IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WARS:
"The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could total $2.4 trillion through the next decade, or nearly $8,000 per man, woman and child in the country, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate scheduled for release Wednesday. ... In the months before the March 2003 Iraq invasion, the Bush administration estimated the Iraq war would cost no more than $50 billion."


-- "War costs may total $2.4 trillion." USA TODAY, Oct. 23, 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-10-23-wacosts_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Scary.


Shocking film points out trillion dollar deficit due to Iraq war even though it is primarily about bad reporting on Iraq:


http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_btw1-5.html

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_btw1-4.html

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_btw1-3.html

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_btw1-2.html

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_btw1-1.html

 

[freedomissexy]

$8,000 PER U.S. CITIZEN FOR IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WARS:
"The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could total $2.4 trillion through the next decade, or nearly $8,000 per man, woman and child in the country, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate scheduled for release Wednesday. ... In the months before the March 2003 Iraq invasion, the Bush administration estimated the Iraq war would cost no more than $50 billion."


-- "War costs may total $2.4 trillion." USA TODAY, Oct. 23, 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-10-23-wacosts_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

More shocking than that, even after all we've been through and in light of this information, a good chunk of Americans support military action against Iran. It'll never end.

 

[qwerty]

Omg!

 

[Matt Collins]

This pisses me off every time I think about it.

 

[Matt Collins]

Bump again

 

[IChooseLiberty]

This is good ammo for use against war supporters.

 

[Dieseler]

It's like a brand new car per family.

Its like four brand new cars for me.

 

[Matt Collins]

You buy cars for $8k?!?!?

 

[Original_Intent]

You buy cars for $8k?!?!?

A family of 4 that would be $32K

Oh, btw I bought my 2003 Ford Ranger with 30,000 miles on it for $6500 in 2005. =) New cars would be nice but I just can't bring myself to pay $2000 just to be the one to drive it off the lot.

 

[Dieseler]

You buy cars for $8k?!?!?

Yeah, but their always brand new used ones...
Their always new to me though I guess.
I seriously miscalculated when I posted that.
Last car we bought was a great deal on a 2002 Saturn for $3000.00

 

[JenJansenUCD]

Omg!

I'm so glad you posted this Ron Paul video! How could anyone not support him after hearing his political positions? I was feeling pretty depressed about the results in New Hampshire but this definitely cheered me up.

 

[Matt Collins]

Yeah, but their always brand new used ones...

Most millionaires buy used cars actually. I do.

 

[AceNZ]

Other ways to think of it:

-- More than $120K for every person in the state of New York.
-- Almost two and a half times the entire financial output of the state of New York in one year (gross state product)
-- About twice the total amount received from Federal income taxes in one year
-- Four times the cost of social security for one year
-- Close to the entire amount of income received by the Federal government in one year, from all sources (taxes, duties, social security, etc)

 

[Liberty Star]

Of course this doesn't help matters:

US's triple-A credit rating 'under threat'

By Francesco Guerrera, Aline van Duyn and Daniel Pimlott,in New York
Published: January 11 2008

But Moody's warning comes at a time when US confidence in its economic prowess has been challenged by the rising threat of a recession, a weak dollar and the credit crunch.