Direct US costs for wars since 2001 surpass 1 trillion

Skybird · 06-05-10, 02:43 AM

Money well spent. Money well spent...?
http://www.costofwar.com/

Where the state's money comes from (57 cent of every dollar spent, are new debts, 34 Cent are income taxes, 5% are corporate taxes) - and what it is spent for.
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/taxday2010

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/

Lord_magerius · 06-05-10, 02:59 AM

*Thinks of a way to get that counter rolling into his bank account*

Alpha Von Burg · 06-05-10, 08:37 AM

"WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives..."

1933, Major General Smedley Butler, USMC

06-05-10, 08:50 AM

I wonder how many Americans would want to erase the wars and have that trillion still available.

06-05-10, 12:21 PM

I wonder how long before The Great Implosion.

Platapus · 06-05-10, 01:10 PM

What if they gave a war and no one came?

AVGWarhawk · 06-07-10, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

I wonder how many Americans would want to erase the wars and have that trillion still available.

Yeah...the US could buy Finland

Aramike · 06-07-10, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

I wonder how many Americans would want to erase the wars and have that trillion still available.

Yeah, that's the way government spending works.

August · 06-08-10, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aramike

Yeah, that's the way government spending works.

Bet he doesn't get it...

06-05-10, 02:43 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,726 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Direct US costs for wars since 2001 surpass 1 trillion Money well spent. Money well spent...? http://www.costofwar.com/ Where the state's money comes from (57 cent of every dollar spent, are new debts, 34 Cent are income taxes, 5% are corporate taxes) - and what it is spent for. http://www.nationalpriorities.org/taxday2010 http://www.nationalpriorities.org/ __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	Thinks of a way to get that counter rolling into his bank account __________________

06-05-10, 08:37 AM	#3
Alpha Von Burg Engineer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Unknown Posts: 202 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	"WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives..." 1933, Major General Smedley Butler, USMC __________________ -Kapitänleutnant Richard L. Römer

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,402 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	What if they gave a war and no one came? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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06-05-10, 08:50 AM	#4
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I wonder how many Americans would want to erase the wars and have that trillion still available.

06-05-10, 12:21 PM	#5
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I wonder how long before The Great Implosion.