Costly Mistakes-your tax dollars WASTED by the bu$it maladministration

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Cost of the Iraq war to U.S. taxpayers per minute: $114,000

Amount Congress has allocated for Iraq war, in billions: $152.6

Estimated annual cost for each year U.S. stay in Iraq after 2004, in billions: $50

Number of Fortune 500 companies with yearly profits over $1.1 trillion: 275

Number of those companies that paid zero income tax at least one year between 2001 and 2003: 82

Amount that the 275 companies should have paid in taxes from 2001 to 2003, in billions: $35

Amount of net income they ended up recieving due to subsidies, breaks and rebates, in billions: $12

Estimated federal budget deficit this year, in billions: $475

Percent of deficit due to tax cuts passed by Congress and Bush Administration: 35

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