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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:30 AM
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We'll be at $150 BILLION actual $$ spent on Iraq in the next few hours..
http://costofwar.com/

Or..we could have provided

7.2 million students scholarships and public Universities
1.3 million public housing units
89.8 million children insured with health care for a year

On and on and on....
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:34 AM
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1. And we still have no clue on where all this money is going.
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:36 AM
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2. The money is being used to create new terrorists
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:42 AM
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3. I think FloridaPat means we don't know who is cashing the checks
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 08:43 AM
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4. I know
But, in the long run this is what the money will do
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 09:04 AM
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5. Yep, Our "need to know" status isn't high enough....
I'm sure Halliburton could shed plenty of light on the costs though...
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OneTwentyoNine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 10:21 AM
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6. We're just passed $150 billion US tax $$ spent on that disaster...
And in great news Congress allocated up to $200 billion. Oh lucky us...
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