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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:05 PM Original message |
Orszag Says 40,000 Afghanistan Troops Could Cost $40 Billion |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Shit, that's okay! As long as we're not wasting that money on schools and health care! |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. you might as well just flush that money down a toilet as give it to continue in Afghanistan. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why not put the $40 Bil toward a jobs program and health care? n/t |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. In Afghanistan? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can you imagine what that |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Afghanistan’s Oil Binge: 22 Gallons of Fuel Per Soldier Per Day |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. So that's a million per troop per year? How efficient. nt |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Pretty soon you're talking about some real money. n/t. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thats what Bush hid for 8 yrs. The real cost that bullshit |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. It willcost 40+ billions a year for the next 50+ years. Cost continues long after the war ends. |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. We could give each Afghani adult enough for their families to live on |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Halliburton |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. all the fiscal conservatives will be up in arms |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Good. They need to continue to frame it in terms of the cost. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's roughly what the UN said it would cost to wipe out world hunger |
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