Iraq= 3million a day. The only thing I know that has happened this week

[MichiganVote]

is that 5 more of our guys were killed. 7 days @ 3bill.= 21 billion.

21 million to kill 5 of our soldiers. Think about it. Please

edit for typo/Oops!

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. I think that's million n/t

[unschooler]

2. Not sure the numbers are coming from, but it's gotta cost more than

$3 million a day to run that operation over there.

[Der Blaue Engel]

5. 300 million...that's what I was saying

I could have sworn the original post said 300 billion a day. :shrug:

[MichiganVote]

9. No I had 3 bill., not 300 billion.

[Der Blaue Engel]

13. As of last year, it had reached nearly 200M a day; I think it's more now

http://www.democrats.org/a/p/the_real_cost_of_the_iraq_war_to_american_taxpayers.html

Then there's this post on the Greatest page from a few days ago that refers to 300 million a day, so I guess I filled in 300 in my head when I saw yours:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1883264&mesg_id=1883264

[MichiganVote]

17. That's ok. I am trying to make several points actually,

One is the very fact that no one seems to know, and the government surely doesn't care, what this is costing this country. Esp. in terms of the so called product, i.e.Democracy.

Here is another site that I read recently, again, different numbers all the time but its worth taking a look at.

http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

[MichiganVote]

6. not sure what the cost is anymore. sometimes I read 3mill

sometimes 177mill. The fact that we don't even know what the hell we're spending is indicative of smarmy accounting.

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Actually, I think its 300 million a day being spent there. nt

[MichiganVote]

7. And another report I read somewhere said 177mill a day.

[MichiganVote]

4. Fixed. Actually the figures I read recently puts the costs somewhere

between 3mill and 177mill. Who knows?

[parasim]

8. Actually, I think it might be .3 billion a day

at least according to these figures:
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aairaqwarcost.htm

That would make it 2.1 billion a week.

Still... that's a hell of a lot of money. I certainly get your point...

[MichiganVote]

10. An article in Jan/2006 included a quote then from Col Clark

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0110/dailyUpdate.html

Costs of war so far (or so he said) 173Bill. Projections are that the war stretched into 2010=2.1 Trillion.

Regardless of my errors in posting whatever number it should be, its clear we don't have a clue as to how much this is costing and what the hell the "progress" is buying beyond death.

[OneTwentyoNine]

11. We've budgeted and blown off a bit more than 306 BILLION...

Since the War started in 03. Doing the math I come up with about 1.72 BILLION per week blown on this disaster.

[MichiganVote]

12. So we're throwing away over 4bill a month by your calculations

This is just freakin' crazy....

[OneTwentyoNine]

20. More than that....more like 7.46 billion per month.....

306 billion / by 41 months = 7.46 billion per month.
306 billion / by 177.65 weeks = 1.72 billion per week.
306 billion / by 1243.55 days = 246 million per day.


How the HELL do you spend 246 million each day in Iraq? Fat ass,rip off no bid contracts? Big contracts for the military industrial complex?

Of course no one knows the exact cost,Bush and his Nazi's at the State Dept are using Enron math to really hide whats being spent. The 306+ billion is what Congress has budgeted to this date--its the only number we can really go by.

[MichiganVote]

22. My questions perzactly and then...then...have nothing to show for it

[Der Blaue Engel]

16. Here's the official daily tally as of last year

http://www.democrats.org/a/p/the_real_cost_of_the_iraq_war_to_american_taxpayers.html

And here's the present total...watch as the money is spent before your eyes:

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

[MichiganVote]

19. $195mill daily....

So on a given day in August, the US paid 195mill to essentially lose five of its recruits.

[MichiganVote]

14. For readers here is a link that compares costs and "progress"

http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Recently I saw $11 million per hour, $250 million a day.

Ouch.

[MichiganVote]

21. Ouch nothing. This has got to stop.

There is no reason to continue our occupation of Iraq for the purpose of the War On Terror and anyway...we can't afford to help them anymore.

[TheCowsCameHome]

24. OBL said he would bankrupt this country. Little did he know

George Bush and the Repugs would be such willing accomplices.

[MichiganVote]

25. No kidding. We need change in Congress if only to take the credit away

[OneTwentyoNine]

23. Yup,comes close to the numbers I ran up......n/t

[Der Blaue Engel]

18. Watch as the money is spent right before your eyes:

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

Chilling. Shameful. :(