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[StephanieVanbryce]

Cost of War to the United States - http://costofwar.com/en/

The Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702846.html

The three trillion dollar war
The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have grown to staggering proportions
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3419840.ece

THE REAL COST OF THE IRAQ CONFLICT
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/0408_transcript_stiglitziraq.pdf

Putting A Number On The Cost Of War

First, you have to decide what to count. CRS excludes veterans’ benefits, interest on war-related debt and assistance to allies, for example. Then there is the difficulty in separating war costs from what would have been normal operations and the costs of maintaining a military in peacetime. And finally, figuring price differences and thus inflation rates over two-plus centuries adds significantly to the error bar in the calculations. Obviously, the costs of weapons systems have changed dramatically over the generations. - http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3A27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3Ac379b622-65aa-45d6-86e7-4183052e3c95&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

[rbl100]

Percentage (%) is what matters, not dollars. But if you want to speak dollars:

$14 Trillion current Debt ($4 Trillion from obama/dems. alone through social spending including obamacare - aka The JOB KILLER/INFERIORCARE)

58% - Social Spending
6% - Defense

**No one yet has explained logically WHY the Federal Government has ANY business in anything BUT Defense....


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