'War on terror' costs U.S. $7B monthly: report

[sabra]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051007/USwaronterror_congresserport_cost_20051007/20051007?hub=World

'War on terror' costs U.S. $7B monthly: report

The 'war on terror' is costing Americans approximately $7 billion US every month. According to a new Congressional report, the bill could exceed half a trillion dollars by 2010.

The Washington-based Congressional Research Service says $5.9 billion of that monthly outlay is being spent on military operations in Iraq.

That's a billion-dollar, 19 per cent increase from the Pentagon's last estimate.

According to the report by one of Congress' investigative arms, the estimated total of $570 billion US by 2010 is a conservative estimate that "assumes a gradual drawdown in U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan."

[Hobarticus]

1. For $7B, we can't even rescue victims of a hurricane...

or evacuate major coastal areas without creating havoc?

I counter GOPers with this: true, no one could have predicted the hurricanes. And these people had warning, true, even though many couldn't leave. Still, what if someone had set off a nuke in New Orleans, our largest port, or in Houston, without ANY warning?

Could our new Homeland Security-controlled FEMA have rescued any more people? Could they have evacuated a major metropolitan area any faster? Especially at the tune of $7B a month? Are we truly safer?

Where is this money going???

[sabra]

2. $5.9 billion is being on the quagmire aka Iraq...

[Hobarticus]

3. But that's just it! That has NOTHING to do with our security and safety!

ARRRRGH!

:banghead:

[JuniperLea]

4. this post should be linked to all other threads that speculate

on all the boogieman news. this is the bottom line, people! let's not forget!

[ixion]

5. 7B a year on fighting shadows

great. Nice to know where my tax dollars are going. :eyes: