Is Iraq War spending sustainable ? $170 million per day

[EVDebs]

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_cost_111804,00.html?ESRC=eb.n

$70 billion per year. And Sen McCain says we'll be in Iraq for "10, 20 years, that's not so bad..." according to Bob Herbert's column Heads in the sand.

http://www.spectrumz.com/z/fair_use/2004/09_04.html

Maybe they'll start counting the costs of this war and get out of neocon fantasyland...but I doubt it.

[MichiganVote]

1. I think we should practice abstinence

[acmejack]

2. As long as there is no sacrifice here it will be

When the bill starts coming due (soon) the tune will change.

[atreides1]

3. It will be sometime before sacrifices are needed

BushCo along with their congressional cronies will cut every single social program here in the US, before any kind of personal sacrifice
will be needed.

And with BushCo insisting on making the tax cuts permanent, the wealthy won't have to sacrifice.