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(108,903 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:04 AM Jul 2013

U.S. lawmakers blast Guantanamo’s $2.7 million per prisoner cost

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/25/u-s-lawmakers-blast-guantanamos-2-7-million-per-prisoner-cost/

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers pushing to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay said on Wednesday its cost has skyrocketed to $2.7 million per inmate this year and argued it is too expensive to keep open while the country is fighting budget deficits.

“This is a massive waste of money,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the base.

Guantanamo has been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth, and President Barack Obama in May cited its cost – then calculated at about $900,000 per prisoner – as one of many reasons to close it.

Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, testified during the hearing that the current cost of operating the facility has jumped to $454 million in the fiscal year ended September 30, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, or about $2.7 million for each of the 166 inmates.

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U.S. lawmakers blast Guantanamo’s $2.7 million per prisoner cost (Original Post) xchrom Jul 2013 OP

$2.7 million per person, for unjust, illegal, immoral imprisonment. Catherina Jul 2013 #1

... xchrom Jul 2013 #2

I'd let all of 'em stay at my house for half that amount. Vinnie From Indy Jul 2013 #3

If we had just given them that amount, years ago, I'll bet they never would have bothered n2doc Jul 2013 #4

$2.7 mil? We're not even feeding them! librechik Jul 2013 #5

Insane, inhuman, and indefensible. nt Waiting For Everyman Jul 2013 #6

On top of it all ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #7

Catherina

(35,568 posts)

1. $2.7 million per person, for unjust, illegal, immoral imprisonment.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:08 AM

Jul 2013

It makes me ill that they're getting away with all this suffering and charging us for it to boot.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

2. ...

Reply to Catherina (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:09 AM

Jul 2013

Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts)

3. I'd let all of 'em stay at my house for half that amount.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:32 AM

Jul 2013

eom

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

4. If we had just given them that amount, years ago, I'll bet they never would have bothered

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:57 AM

Jul 2013

us again.

What a country.

librechik

(30,674 posts)

5. $2.7 mil? We're not even feeding them!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:01 PM

Jul 2013

I know, apologies.

Seriously, I'm shocked this is finally coming up as an issue to the tightwads in Congress who want to cut EVERYTHING. Getting rid of this particular obligation should be a priority, to anyone with a brain.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)

6. Insane, inhuman, and indefensible. nt

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:11 PM

Jul 2013

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)

7. On top of it all

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:18 PM

Jul 2013

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Most, if not all should not even be there.

Seems like the rest of the World knows USA's habits of detention are excessive, even for their own citizens.

Wonder why the USA is so frikken scared of the rest of the World . . .

Maybe it's because the USA keeps bombing the shit out of them??

Nawwwww - that can't be it,

must be something else.

People love getting bombed

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