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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf the money spent on Iraq war was instead given away to every man woman and child
we would all get $19000 each ...
a family of four would get $76,000.
Here is the math
cost = 6 trillion
Source http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-iraq-war-anniversary-idUSBRE92D0PG20130314
population = 315.5 million
source http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Maybe we should do some pre-emptive calculations re North Korea!
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Or, money they owe you.
You paid it forward, either way. They owe it with interest.
Faux pas
(14,684 posts)If they gave a billion dollars to each american citizen, they would have had about 4 billion left over to piss away on something stoopid.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)We'd all be libertarians then, huh?
It's not likely, as libertarian sociopaths believe they should have it all.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)"The glass is half empty" = Republican
"The glass half full" = Democrat
An Authoritarian is who the Libertarian turns to in order to find out what happened to his water.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)formercia
(18,479 posts)and paid in full retirement for the Iraqi Army.
Rex
(65,616 posts)and laugh at the working poor for their 'sacrifice'. Daily.
The GOP is a domestic terrorist organization and nothing more.
srican69
(1,426 posts)Halliburton ...
How the FUCK did they manage to shove that down our throats????
srican69
(1,426 posts)make the fucker Dick Cheney come and testify .. make him answer questions over conflicts of interests vis-a-vis Halliburton ..
Botany
(70,524 posts)AndyA
(16,993 posts)Corporations do so much more with it...
union_maid
(3,502 posts)The jobs and nice roads, bridges and economy we could have had?
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)PRIORITIES!
union_maid
(3,502 posts)That's why we can't have nice things.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)duhneece
(4,113 posts)If substance abuse treatment options, from residential to intensive outpatient were available to anyone who wanted to get 'clean & sober' on demand...or if our labs got extra $$ for training & lab work to increase sexual assault convictions...to just education for everyone. Then, it's back to reality.