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Which cost more money?
- Iraq war spending between 2003-2008 or Federal spending on Education?
- Iraq war spending between 2003 and today or Medicare spending?
- Iraq war spending between 2003 and today or Obama's passed stimulus bill?
If didn't pick the Iraq war at all, you'd be correct.
The CBO spending tally for the Iraq war is $709 billion from 2003 to 2010. (See the link, Page 14 - add up Iraq. It comes to $709 billion). Not a drop in the bucket by any means but also not $3 Trillion like the Washington Post claimed, not the $3 Trillion claimed by Financial Times.
As Hoven at American Thinker puts it:
Glad the Government's own accounting can make the financial facts clear. As the article states - remember this the next time claims that Iraq cost 3 Trillion dollars comes up. The cost to our military however, was more costly than the CBO or I am willing to calculate.
- Iraq war spending between 2003-2008 or Federal spending on Education?
- Iraq war spending between 2003 and today or Medicare spending?
- Iraq war spending between 2003 and today or Obama's passed stimulus bill?
If didn't pick the Iraq war at all, you'd be correct.
The CBO spending tally for the Iraq war is $709 billion from 2003 to 2010. (See the link, Page 14 - add up Iraq. It comes to $709 billion). Not a drop in the bucket by any means but also not $3 Trillion like the Washington Post claimed, not the $3 Trillion claimed by Financial Times.
As Hoven at American Thinker puts it:
American Thinker said:
Glad the Government's own accounting can make the financial facts clear. As the article states - remember this the next time claims that Iraq cost 3 Trillion dollars comes up. The cost to our military however, was more costly than the CBO or I am willing to calculate.