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Lone_Star_Dem

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Wed Oct-24-07 10:06 AM
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6. Hey, it's only $8,000 per man, woman and child in the US.

What are people complaining about? Stand up and do your patriotic duties! :sarcasm:

From the article:

"As of Sept. 30, the two wars have cost $604 billion, the CBO says. Adjusted for inflation, that is higher than the costs of the Korea and Vietnam conflicts, according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

Defense spending during those two wars accounted for a far larger share of the American economy.

In the months before the March 2003 Iraq invasion, the Bush administration estimated the Iraq war would cost no more than $50 billion. "

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