The Cost of Irresponsibility: $2,400,000,000,000
The total cost, including debt servicing, of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach $2.4 Trillion USD by 2017, a report by the Congressional Budget Office found.More here.
The report, by the body which provides non-partisan budget analysis for Congress, said higher estimates for total spending for the wars could top out at $1.7 Trillion USD by 2017.
Under the most intense scenarios of US military activity, a further $705 Billion USD could be added to the cost by interest payments, assuming the wars continue to be largely financed by government borrowing, the report said.
Note: That makes it somewhere in the neighborhood of $8,000 for every man, woman and child in the U.S. Astoundingly irresponsible. - ferg
posted by Fergie @ 10/24/2007 05:27:00 PM
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