Report Puts Hidden War Costs at $1.6 trillion.

[SpookyWriter]

Incredible. I'm speechless. Where are they getting all this money?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_go_co/war_costs


WASHINGTON - The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion — roughly double the amount the White House has requested thus far, according to a new report by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee.

[blacbird]

Bake sales.

caw

[SpookyWriter]

Would that include Alaskan King Crab?

[WarrenP]

Incredible. I'm speechless. Where are they getting all this money?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_go_co/war_costs

Steve Forbes and I pay most of it. ;)

[InfinityGoddess]

And Bush claims that domestic spending costs too much. Such a hypocrite.

[SpookyWriter]

Interesting enough that this thread didn't raise the temperature in the room. Hmmm....

[rubarbb]

You think that just maybe the war is fueling (no pun intended) the rise in oil prices...and look what it's doing to our economy... How do you put a price on all our troops killed or wounded? So who's really winning the war?