The Iraq war has cost my town 91 million, how much has it cost yours?

[RobFunk]

This is absolutely mind numbing

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home

At the top you can enter your state and town and it will tell you how much the war cost for your town

 

[Buster]

Taxpayers in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina will pay $415.4 million for the cost of the Iraq War in FY2007. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
88,960 People with Health Care for One Year OR
329,537 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
10,634 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
7,790 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
82,532 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
3,931 Affordable Housing Units OR
198,100 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
56,369 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
8,613 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
6,356 Port Container Inspectors for One year

 

[DeathEatsaCracker]

Taxpayers in Tulsa, Oklahoma will pay $1.2 billion for total Iraq war spending approved to date. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

595,245 People with Health Care for One Year OR

998,858 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR

31,288 Public Safety Officers for One year OR

26,489 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR

234,887 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR

17,013 Affordable Housing Units OR

629,432 Children with Health Care for One Year OR

201,726 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR

27,720 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR

17,147 Port Container Inspectors for One year

 

[Buster]

i picked the wrong option...above was for 2007...here is total..

Taxpayers in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina will pay $2 billion for total Iraq war spending approved to date. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
424,177 People with Health Care for One Year OR
1,571,289 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
50,704 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
37,142 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
393,525 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
18,745 Affordable Housing Units OR
944,573 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
268,776 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
41,070 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
30,308 Port Container Inspectors for One year

 

[barman]

Taxpayers in Pinellas County, Florida will pay $2 billion for total Iraq war spending approved to date. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

700,056 People with Health Care for One Year OR
1,395,362 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
45,703 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
31,695 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
618,866 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
14,632 Affordable Housing Units OR
1,096,592 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
270,717 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
33,829 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
24,112 Port Container Inspectors for One year

 

[koidog]

Why does that matter? My copy of the Constitution says the Federal Govt can raise money for war. No where does it say it can raise money for healthcare, public education etc.

WW II was expensive too. Debate the war on it's merits, I think the cost is irrelievent.

 

[DeathEatsaCracker]

Why does that matter? My copy of the Constitution says the Federal Govt can raise money for war. No where does it say it can raise money for healthcare, public education etc.

WW II was expensive too. Debate the war on it's merits, I think the cost is irrelievent.

By "raise money" do you mean borrow from China and add to the national debt?

Oh, and there has been no formal declaration of war. But of course you knew that, right?

 

[eek.]

You should be proud!

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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[RobFunk]

Oh ya. We got things sewn up like Betsy Ross.

 

[Willie99]

Maybe we should just sit here and sing songs and pretend the WTC is still standing and there are no terrorists in this world that want to destroy our culture.

Lets go back to the 90's

 

[Willie99]

or maybe you prefer

 

[JoeContrarian]

Maybe we should just sit here and sing songs and pretend the WTC is still standing and there are no terrorists in this world that want to destroy our culture.

Lets go back to the 90's

:lolBIG:

 

[Willie99]

Rob, I'm sorry for any disrespect my responses may have shown.

You just talked about the numbers, which are mind boggling, but you made no snide political remarks.











although I think you were thinking them:think2:

 

[koidog]

By "raise money" do you mean borrow from China and add to the national debt?

Oh, and there has been no formal declaration of war. But of course you knew that, right?

We spend way more on Social Programs. That's why we borrow.

As far as not declaring war, seems like that hasn't been needed in some time. You might be right, but I'd say it's a seperate issue.

 

[JoeContrarian]

Even Doc Mercer could not post a more useless thread! :missingte

 

[RobFunk]

Rob, I'm sorry for any disrespect my responses may have shown.

You just talked about the numbers, which are mind boggling, but you made no snide political remarks.

Only trying to bring to light how much money we have thrown away with the Iraq conundrum.

I think we need to give our home land security dept. more credit, they have done a terrefic job keeping us safe.

 

[RobFunk]

Even Doc Mercer could not post a more useless thread! :missingte

Yet, you post in it.

 

[ScottL]

Nah Rob, he was just making a point. All the while giving DM way too much credit.

 

[almost1]

Shame and poverty will strike the Joes very soon.

I'm not judging anyone, I just happened to look in on
this post. Joe is the most screwed up "individual'
I've come across anywhere in RX.
I know six senior people four of them VETS who have
reached bottom and losing their homes within
past two months. It's the beginning of this JOE
war destroying hundreds of thousands who fought
previous REAL WARS thinking they would help this
country become a better place. The JOES are laughing as
their little coward oil monster heros destroy our
real heros from the honorable past. Shame on Cheny
and his puny little friend JOE. The really bad is
on it's way and The JOES cannot hide from the
rath that will seek them out. That is not funny! Nothing
is funny about your laughter, JOE, nor your kind's fate.
You are about 3 months from high cost security with your
little master heros.

 

[TheRightSide]

My bad Rob. I thought this might be about "The Big Dig" LOL I never seem to see a thread from you on how that wasted your money. LOL All that good union work and all. Is that up to code yet.




Yet you never complain on all the social bullshit they pay for.