Financial cost of Iraq war and occupation, watch the numbers fly by! |
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 May 6 2006, 02:38 AM
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 I love Havasupai  Group: Member Posts: 1,048 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 163,878  |
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May 6 2006, 02:00 PM
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 Kimberly Group: Member Posts: 2,019 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 121,599 |
Thats ridiculous, it costing that much.
When we shouldnt even be over there. 
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May 6 2006, 06:59 PM
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 <3 Group: Member Posts: 3,623 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 64,493 |
that's ridiculous
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May 6 2006, 08:41 PM
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I love Havasupai Group: Member Posts: 1,048 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 163,878 |
QUOTE(robb0 @ May 6 2006, 7:24 PM)  Uh... How do we even know that's real? The money has been appropriated by Congress. It's a matter of public record. It's very real. |
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May 6 2006, 08:51 PM
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 What the fack. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,487 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
I'm, too, a little skeptical about the realism of that counter..
But then again, it could be true. I'd need more proof. |
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May 6 2006, 09:41 PM
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 Change Gon Come Group: Member Posts: 2,246 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,822 |
it's probably not realistic, but uh yeah.
i wonder if any of our 400 billion dollars spent on defense are put into that. sucks now that we've invaded, we can't pull out. |
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May 6 2006, 09:42 PM
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I love Havasupai Group: Member Posts: 1,048 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 163,878 |
QUOTE(robb0 @ May 6 2006, 8:42 PM) But all it's doing is raising one dollar per second. That seems a bit suspicious, don't you think? There's no decimal point in that number. Look at it again. It's about $1,000 per second. |
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May 6 2006, 09:42 PM
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holy hell.
thats a lot. i looked it up for my community and it was over $300 million alone. the war should end and our president should fall off a cliff. |
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May 6 2006, 10:48 PM
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Kimberly Group: Member Posts: 2,019 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 121,599 |
QUOTE the war should end and our president should fall off a cliff. Heck yeah. If Clinton was indited and almost impeached over lying about having an affair, you'd think our wonderful president would just be impeached. Unfortunately, that'll never happen. QUOTE But all it's doing is raising one dollar per second. That seems a bit suspicious, don't you think? Well, its not actually going up that much every second, but im sure the actual total amount is about what our country has actually spent. Last year in my American Government class, my teacher showed us that same website, and then showed us the amount it said on cnn.com... so I assume the amount is somewhat accurate. 
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May 7 2006, 12:02 AM
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What the fack. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,487 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
At least this is Bush's last term.
Thank God. Hopefully our next president won't be such a douchebag. |
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May 7 2006, 07:00 AM
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wow,the number scares me a lot.
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May 7 2006, 07:09 AM
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 oink Group: Member Posts: 1,111 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,836 |
i dislike bush ):
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May 7 2006, 08:58 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,458 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Well, that's a lot of money, with all that money, I don't think I'd know what to do with it.
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May 7 2006, 11:12 AM
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 3,565, you n00bs ain't got nothin' on me. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,202 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,565 |
QUOTE The media (and others) sometimes cite a figure that is in excess of our $315 billion estimate. However, the number cited by the media may include not just the Iraq War, but the Afghanistan War and for enhanced security abroad. Our figure is only covering the cost of the Iraq War as it relates to the U.S. federal budget (and does not include costs to others or other countries or any economic impact costs to Americans). Now, if this thing were fake, do you think that they would care whether or not they included the Afghanistan War? |
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May 7 2006, 11:22 AM
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 Bada-bing, bada-boom. Group: Member Posts: 442 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 86,111 |
I am definitely skeptical about that number, it seems way too unrealistic and the fact that it's moving up so quickly doesn't help either.
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May 7 2006, 11:57 AM
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QUOTE(short_dark_hair @ May 7 2006, 12:22 PM) I am definitely skeptical about that number, it seems way too unrealistic and the fact that it's moving up so quickly doesn't help either. The budget for the war is a matter of public record. It's pretty easy to tell if someone is lying about it. |
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May 7 2006, 08:41 PM
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 i wanna know what's inside... Group: Member Posts: 164 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 395,784 |
and some people wonder why the united states hasn't money to give to public education and protection and such.
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May 7 2006, 08:50 PM
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 peace&love, earth flower Group: Member Posts: 656 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 398,938 |
That is probably the biggest number I've ever seen in my life. *shiver*
QUOTE At least this is Bush's last term. Thank God. Hopefully our next president won't be such a douchebag. I got all tingly and excited inside when I saw that. |
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