Stunning - Iraq War Costs - Half A Million/A Minute

[kpete]

War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says

By Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 22, 2007; Page A11

CHICAGO, Sept. 21 -- The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on large banners in cities nationwide Thursday and Friday.

The war is costing $720 million a day or $500,000 a minute, according to the group's analysis of the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard public finance lecturer Linda J. Bilmes.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092102074.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Yes it's very generous of you folk over there

to quite happily continue to fund the war.:sarcasm:

[Vilis Veritas]

2. So what does that equal in Fiat Currency?

A buck or two? A pound of salt? Some pretty rocks...:shrug:

How about feeding and clothing and providing medical care for all of America's poor... with one days budget? Guess it just ain't worth it...

No Fear...fuck it, be afraid.

[DemReadingDU]

3. Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater are all profiteering

Their pockets are getting heavier, while our troops are losing arms and legs, or their lives.

No more money for this war.

[fenriswolf]

4. oil is happy though

anyone know how much a tank uses or a jet uses in fuel per minute? i dont but i'll tell ya its alot and considering how many vehicles/generators we have over their im sure it almost beats US consumption within our borders.

[L. Coyote]

5. 300 million people each paying 875 dollars per year, near $2.50 a day each.

Assuming all 300,000,000 people assume an equal share,
that is over $$$ 5,000 $$$ a year for a family of six.

[Peregrine Took]

6. Hey, its worth every penny of it!! And then some!

:sarcasm: