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All My Children Discussion Group
"It was under Mr Bush that the deficit spiralled out of control as we fought an unnecessary and endless $3,000bn war in Iraq..."
- James Carville, the Financial Times.
"The Iraq adventure has seriously weakened the U.S. economy, whose woes now go far beyond loose mortgage lending. You can't spend $3 trillion -- yes, $3 trillion -- on a failed war abroad and not feel the pain at home."
- Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz, The Washington Post.
"First, the facts. Nearly the entire deficit for this year and those projected into the near and medium terms are the result of three things: the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush tax cuts and the recession. The solution to our fiscal situation is: end the wars..."
- Christopher Hayes, The Nation.







If anyone's interested, the OP also posted this topic on the Y&R PB and received some interesting responses that pointed out major flaws in OP's basic premise.
http://mediadomain.com/cgi-bin/netforum/yandr_fan/a.cgi/3-138
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Happy Labor Day weekend MD. Let's spend five minutes to send some love out to the 50,000 non combat troops still in Iraq today and the many more still in Afghanistan who are not spending the holiday with their loved ones. Then let's give a donation to a food bank in your neighborhood for the 10% ( l love that expression instead of the number in millions of people don't you?) of the population who on this labor day, do not have a job! We do what we can okay. Then let's hit the barbeque! Have a safe and happy holiday weekend.
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It also does not take into account the cost of health care for returning veterans or the cost to the military to replace lost equipment. It only takes into account the amount that actually appears in the budget. That is hardly a true accounting.
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Just curious--what does your figure represent? Does it include the cost of care for veterans? Does it include the cost of funerals for the 4,000 plus troops who gave their lives? Does it include the pittance paid to the surviving spouse and family?
None of the people you quoted are stupid, so I am curious as to why we should take your word for it. I was an analyst before I retired, so I need more than your graph.
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Happy Labor Day weekend!!





