I found this link today while thinking about the potential $700 BILLION dollar bailout, rescue plan, whatever it’s called to curb a threatening U.S. recession. Be reminded that the stats aren’t biased nor do they point to pro or anti – Iraq War thoughts. But considering our economic fall out, mortgage failures, and looming job losses, and economic woes, these stats are quite telling. You just have to wonder if our current problem is a result of reaping and sowing, karma, whatever you wanna call it. Or is the U.S. empired doomed for its western capitalistic ways? Or is it just an ebb & flow of a free market society?
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Price_of_Iraq_war_now_outpaces_0318.html
Costs of the war
– $435 million: Cost of Iraq war each day.
– $526 billion: Cost of combat operations to date.
– $1.2 trillion to $1.7 trillion: Estimated Afghanistan and Iraq combat costs through 2017.
– $590 billion: Future costs of disability benefits and health care for Iraq war veterans.
– $615 billion: Cost of interest on money borrowed to pay for the war.
– $280 billion: Cost of replacing equipment and restoring U.S. military to prewar strength.
– $16,500: Cost of the war to each U.S. family of four from 2003-2008.
– $36,900: Cost of the war to each family if the war continues for 10 years.
– $274 billion: Cost of increased oil prices related to the Iraq war, 2003-2008. What $435 million per day could do
– Enroll 58,000 children in Head Start.
– Put 8,900 police officers on the street.
– Provide health insurance to 329,200 low-income children.
– Hire 10,700 Border Patrol agents.
– Give Pell Grants to 163,700 college students.
– Provide foreclosure prevention counseling to 260,000 families.
