Full Version: Financial cost of Iraq war and occupation
Thats ridiculous, it costing that much.
When we shouldnt even be over there.
When we shouldnt even be over there.
that's ridiculous 
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.
I'm, too, a little skeptical about the realism of that counter..
But then again, it could be true.
I'd need more proof.
But then again, it could be true.
I'd need more proof.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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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.
At least this is Bush's last term.
Thank God.
Hopefully our next president won't be such a douchebag.
Thank God.
Hopefully our next president won't be such a douchebag.
wow,the number scares me a lot.
i dislike bush ):
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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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?
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.
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.
and some people wonder why the united states hasn't money to give to public education and protection and such.
That is probably the biggest number I've ever seen in my life. *shiver*
I got all tingly and excited inside when I saw that.
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At least this is Bush's last term.
Thank God.
Hopefully our next president won't be such a douchebag.
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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