Comments on: Iraq war price tag will soon top $500 billion. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:18:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: support http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-2/#comment-3790997 support Tue, 08 May 2007 03:57:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3790997 people this is war, you cant predict it. we dont only protect america. we protect other nations too. people this is war, you cant predict it. we dont only protect america. we protect other nations too.

]]> By: feichin http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-2/#comment-3785568 feichin Thu, 03 May 2007 23:35:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3785568 It makes no difference unit we kick out both dems and reps and give the goverment back to us, we the people It makes no difference unit we kick out both dems and reps and give the goverment back to us, we the people

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3784095 Wayne Thu, 03 May 2007 15:10:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3784095 500 billion divided by 301754369 (the current US population) = $1,657 each. Anyone who wants to continue the war can pay up now. 500 billion divided by 301754369 (the current US population) = $1,657 each. Anyone who wants to continue the war can pay up now.

]]> By: Adrian http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783892 Adrian Thu, 03 May 2007 12:56:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783892 I'm a realist. The US Gov't doesn't have 500B to spend friviously. They borrowed this 500B (just look at the national Debt/Deficit). And at a 5% interest rate on this debt, they are going to owe 25 Billion Dollars per year on INTEREST on this war debt. For that kind of money, the US gov't could have fixed its public education system for the next 20 years. I’m a realist. The US Gov’t doesn’t have 500B to spend friviously. They borrowed this 500B (just look at the national Debt/Deficit). And at a 5% interest rate on this debt, they are going to owe 25 Billion Dollars per year on INTEREST on this war debt. For that kind of money, the US gov’t could have fixed its public education system for the next 20 years.

]]> By: Todd http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783849 Todd Thu, 03 May 2007 11:01:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783849 Does anyone recall that in 2002that Lawrence Lindsey, a White House economic adviser, was fired in 2002 for predicting that the Iraq war would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion, when at the time the White House was proclaiming the war wouldn't cost more than $50 billion? http://www.sacobserver.com/news/commentary/070204/cost_of_war.shtml Ahh, history, its such a beautiful thing Does anyone recall that in 2002that Lawrence Lindsey, a White House economic adviser, was fired in 2002 for predicting that the Iraq war would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion, when at the time the White House was proclaiming the war wouldn’t cost more than $50 billion?

http://www.sacobserver.com/news/commentary/070204/cost_of_war.shtml

Ahh, history, its such a beautiful thing

]]> By: Tony Evans http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783837 Tony Evans Thu, 03 May 2007 09:21:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783837 Does this figure factor in the profit that will be made from stealing Iraq's oil wealth? Does this figure factor in the profit that will be made from stealing Iraq’s oil wealth?

]]> By: Mark Mulder http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783833 Mark Mulder Thu, 03 May 2007 08:34:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783833 The figure of $500B of course doesn't cover the immeasurable cost incurred to the country, people and society of Iraq. The many thousands of people dead, and those who fled the country, will weight heavily on the country once (someday) the violence subsides and society tries to rebuild. I hate putting a pricetag on life, but since we are talking about $500 billion, i'd say that this is an oversimplified calculation. The figure of $500B of course doesn’t cover the immeasurable cost incurred to the country, people and society of Iraq. The many thousands of people dead, and those who fled the country, will weight heavily on the country once (someday) the violence subsides and society tries to rebuild. I hate putting a pricetag on life, but since we are talking about $500 billion, i’d say that this is an oversimplified calculation.

]]> By: Dave http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783806 Dave Thu, 03 May 2007 06:27:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783806 Perspective on War costs: http://www.davidjarvis.ca/essays/iraq-war.shtml Perspective on War costs:

http://www.davidjarvis.ca/essays/iraq-war.shtml

]]> By: neil http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783759 neil Thu, 03 May 2007 04:54:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783759 ...Hmm Only a $2000 price for every man , woman and child in the Country. Not bad eh!! …Hmm Only a $2000 price for every man , woman and child in the Country.

Not bad eh!!

]]> By: Zee http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783756 Zee Thu, 03 May 2007 04:50:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783756 Holistically speaking it is not a real cost. The money stays in America after all. You are just taking the money from the taxpayers and giving it to Haliburton :) I can't see how things will ever change. Holistically speaking it is not a real cost. The money stays in America after all.

You are just taking the money from the taxpayers and giving it to Haliburton :)

I can’t see how things will ever change.

]]> By: Tavius Sims http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783731 Tavius Sims Thu, 03 May 2007 04:25:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783731 I hope you all are ready to throw a frenzy when they start to talk about really shutting down the internet, I'm gonna freak, big time!!!, it'll be riotting in the streets, even from the closet computer hermits who'll eventually see the sun. Anything big gov can do to keep us from learning from each other and The Alex Jones... www.infowars.com I hope you all are ready to throw a frenzy when they start to talk about really shutting down the internet, I’m gonna freak, big time!!!, it’ll be riotting in the streets, even from the closet computer hermits who’ll eventually see the sun.
Anything big gov can do to keep us from learning from each other and The Alex Jones… http://www.infowars.com

]]> By: Pinoy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3783728 Pinoy Thu, 03 May 2007 04:22:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3783728 Way to go USA. Way to go USA.

]]> By: Bonnie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3780316 Bonnie Tue, 01 May 2007 22:00:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3780316 As I learned yesterday that another friend has terminal cancer, I wondered if all the money spent in Iraq would have brought a cure. What a waste of lives and treasure! As I learned yesterday that another friend has terminal cancer, I wondered if all the money spent in Iraq would have brought a cure. What a waste of lives and treasure!

]]> By: margaret http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3780194 margaret Tue, 01 May 2007 21:20:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3780194 B A S T A R D S !! Vinnie is so right - where are the thread wreckers now? These are just the allocated costs. No one talks about the forward costs of this war: the hundreds of billions that will be necessary for replacement of the equipment that has been worn out in the desert, the long-term care of the wounded, etc. Comment by enough — May 1, 2007 @ 1:31 pm I heard an estimate of one TRILLION for the disabled vets alone. Which means that it'll probably be higher. It's enough to make me literally sick to my stomach thinking about all of the things that that money could have been spent on productively. Such as alternative fuels research!!! We could have employed tens of thousands of people in THIS country AND made some much needed progress on energy research. B A S T A R D S !!

Vinnie is so right – where are the thread wreckers now?

These are just the allocated costs. No one talks about the forward costs of this war: the hundreds of billions that will be necessary for replacement of the equipment that has been worn out in the desert, the long-term care of the wounded, etc.

Comment by enough — May 1, 2007 @ 1:31 pm

I heard an estimate of one TRILLION for the disabled vets alone. Which means that it’ll probably be higher. It’s enough to make me literally sick to my stomach thinking about all of the things that that money could have been spent on productively. Such as alternative fuels research!!! We could have employed tens of thousands of people in THIS country AND made some much needed progress on energy research.

]]> By: bye bye GOP http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3779995 bye bye GOP Tue, 01 May 2007 20:14:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3779995 The 51% of morons in this country who voted for Bush in 2004 can pay for it. The 51% of morons in this country who voted for Bush in 2004 can pay for it.

]]> By: david http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3779964 david Tue, 01 May 2007 20:03:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3779964 War is not profitable in the business sense. It's profitable in the sense of racketeering. It's theft. It's blackmail. Any accountant can show you that wars leave only massive debts, capital losses, and missed opportunities. Those who profit during a war, do so at the expense of the taxpayer and the victims of the war. It's a lose-lose proposition. War is not profitable in the business sense. It’s profitable in the sense of racketeering. It’s theft. It’s blackmail. Any accountant can show you that wars leave only massive debts, capital losses, and missed opportunities. Those who profit during a war, do so at the expense of the taxpayer and the victims of the war. It’s a lose-lose proposition.

]]> By: Joel http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3779900 Joel Tue, 01 May 2007 19:45:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3779900 <em>#13 "...nd the demise of the Republican party."</em> At least there is some light at the end of your proverbial tunnel... #13 “…nd the demise of the Republican party.”

At least there is some light at the end of your proverbial tunnel…

]]> By: criticalthinker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3779832 criticalthinker Tue, 01 May 2007 19:19:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3779832 re#26 Social Security and Medicare are SOLVENT! The problem is that the government keeps spending their yearly surplues in exchange for WORTHLESS Treasury IOUs, instead of putting the surplus in banks and letting that money earn more money. re#26

Social Security and Medicare are SOLVENT!

The problem is that the government keeps spending their yearly surplues in exchange for WORTHLESS Treasury IOUs, instead of putting the surplus in banks and letting that money earn more money.

]]> By: Vinnie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3779799 Vinnie Tue, 01 May 2007 19:07:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3779799 You know it's damning news when the trolls won't even touch a specific topic. You know it’s damning news when the trolls won’t even touch a specific topic.

]]> By: Sharon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-3779674 Sharon Tue, 01 May 2007 18:22:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/01/iraq-war-price-tag-to-soon-top-500-billion/#comment-3779674 Good one RUCerious, may I add...The greedy must become the breedie's..Just made up a new word...LOL..Blessings Good one RUCerious, may I add…The greedy must become the breedie’s..Just made up a new word…LOL..Blessings

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