April 29th: The Cost of the War in Iraq- $166,342,175,623

[chlamor]

The War in Iraq Costs


$166,342,175,623



See the cost in your community:


Compare to the cost of:

PRE-SCHOOL

KIDS' HEALTH

PUBLIC EDUCATION

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

PUBLIC HOUSING

WORLD HUNGER

AIDS EPIDEMIC

WORLD IMMUNIZATION

http://www.costofwar.com/

[Lindacooks]

1. That's just ... mind boggling.

Thanks for finding that - nominated and bookmarked.

[brettdale]

2. Why wasnt this bought up at the confernce?

Did one reporter mention the cost in the war in iraq?

[Jacobin]

3. Well, since the 'journalists' spent months promoting the goddamned disaste

I suppose they were a little too sheepish to mention that it has turned out so, um, 'well'

[gizmo1979]

4. How is that possible?

Cheney and wolfiwitz said it would pay for itself?They wouldn't lie would they?

[ashmanonar]

5. gawd.

that IS mind boggling...such extreme waste in a place we have no business being...simply criminal.

[DistressedAmerican]

6. Cost Of War Is A Great Site. Nominated!!

More People Shoud Hear About It!

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

7. Maybe even an underestimate

Over at Antiwar.com they're citing $300 billion now as the overall tally (pending the almost certain approval of Bush's new $80 billion budget request for Iraq, with a much smaller portion dedicated to the Afghan narco-state we've fostered).

Fabulous pictures BTW, chlamor.

[XOKCowboy]

8. What sucks is....

that none of those categories are of concern to the current administration. Those $$$ clicking off are going right into the pockets of their contributors. Those $$$ clicking off are coming out of our pockets.

The New American Way.

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

9. $300 billion for Iraq yet we can't even afford

a measly $2 billion or so for Amtrak, a nationwide rail system that is extremely useful for millions of working- and middle-class Americans every year. Amtrak has always been a federally subsidized program with the ticket fees supplementing the subsidies; that's precisely how it's viewed in Europe and Japan. The very nature of the rail system makes it almost unsustainable as a private business alone since the rails are community-operated; only freight services are really profitable.

Mark my words, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Amtrak issue turns out to be a "sleeper" that utterly clobbers the Rethugs (and any idiot Dems who join the Rethugs) who refuse to support continuing Amtrak. A lot of people, Dem and Repub-- a good deal of the GOP base in fact-- uses those trains as a matter of necessity, and there's hardly any constituency (other than Objectivist loonies) who's sold on shutting down the rails. Watch for even Trent Lott and his ilk to turn against the President on the Amtrak issue.

[chlamor]

10. Keep talkin' up the Amtrak issue

and the need for light rail. You are right on the mark.

One year of energy use in US military equates to 22 years use of energy use in all sectors of US mass transit-such as it is.

[DistressedAmerican]

11. Kickers Are Free! War Is Costly!

[nonconformist]

12. Nominated. nt

[DistressedAmerican]

13. ...

[chlamor]

14. Blood for Oil