You Are Aware That Most Of The Money Spent In Iraq Comes Back To America?

Question

Of the $320 Billion Total Cost So Far:

All the $ pay to the soldiers is sent back to their families in the USA, families who then spend that paycheck in their local towns or cities. If the Average Yearly Paycheck is 30K (which is a fair average for the differing ranks that compose the US forces), and there is 150,000 soldiers in Iraq and 20,000 in Afghanistan (170,000 total) drawing such pay, the yearly cost to pay the Soldiers is $5.1 Billion USD. Which would be about $25.5 Billion since the start of the war.

All the equipment to replace damaged vehicles is bought from US corporations, which means that money comes back to the US factories that make the stuff in the form of pay for the workers who produce it. Thats $275 Billion that went into replacing equipment, buying body armor and protecting soldiers.

Only $18.4 Billion is slated to be spent locally in Iraq and Afghanistan on reconstruction projects.

So if all this money comes back, why complain about the cost?

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/02/03/120b_more_is_sought_for_war_efforts

That link shows that we've spent 320 so far plus have a proposed budget of 120 for this fiscal year.

If by "military industrial complex" you mean the UNION WORKERS who make humvee and aircraft replacement parts then I guess the answer is yes.

BOREDPERV- those items would have to be replaced anyway at some point, this war gives us an excuse to modernize our fleet. It might even be the case that to replace LOWERS our maintenance costs in the long run.

Much like some people buy property and demolish the costly old house to build a new one that costs less to maintain.

You are the simpleton Sir!

SHAWN- what would they do with the money if not expand? They surely are not paying out HUGE dividends. They're expanding their operations, hiring new employees, renting new buildings, etc.

SMACK- I think you need to study up on your Federal Reserve powers a bit. And though I can appreciate your conspiracy theory, I still think you need an economics 101 promer.

**My bad "PRIMER" is what I meant to say.

AS for the "republican war profiteer" motive for war, I ask you to link some specifics, besides Cheney, who no longer owns Halliburton stock and has his Halliburton retirement dividends donated to charity every year I fail to see anyone else directly benefitting.

LJ with the silly blog: As for my tipper gore question, I provided links, and sadly i cannot link you to a time machine. Those of us old enough to remember it do so well enough to know what happened.

You call my question fabricated? How can I fabricate the numbers in this question? I see you won't talk specifics because you can't- all you can do is accuse me of "fabrication"----get real.

And yes, Cheney did show income from Halliburton, but it was deferred compensation, a standard accounting practice when you are an executive---its not surprising to me that YOU have never heard of it. It's not a violation of GAAP, so get a clue. Your blog sucks.

Answer 1

Taxpayer dollars...we all pay for this. And money that could be used for educations, social programs, infrastructure, scientific research, new roads (really need these in Oklahoma), law enforcement initiatives, etc., etc.

I am all in favor of the Union employee making Humvees making a lot of money...I just wish it didn't come out of tax dollars.

Answer 2

None of this is true. It's all fabricated.
BTW, the Iraq war will cost working class tax payer $2 trillion over 10 years and it's a no win war. In the end Iran will control Iraq and nothing we do will change that. Look up what Paul Bremer took in Iraq from working class tax payers, he should be in prison now.
Cheney showed income from Haliburton on his last income tax report, made public, that is also fact, look it up. It's no big deal we all know Cheney will go back to Haliburton when he is done stealing from tax payers. His duck hunting trip in Texas cost tax payers $650,000. Just like Bush will go back to the oil business with Daddys help after he is done making a mess of America and making the USA the laughing stock of the world.
No one would really want to hire Bush for any job since he has a long History of failure in all his business's since Texas.
BTw, your question about Tipper Gore was also not factual in any way, mostly fabricated. You are the simpleton Sir!

Answer 3

if you really want somthing to chew on and think about consider this: the money that the govt spends on the war is simply loans made to the govt by the big banks ... mainly the federal reserve, which they then become richer by from the interest on those loans. people mistakenly assume the war and other govt activities are paid for with our taxes which is incorrect .. taxes simply pay the interest on the loans directly to the banks via the irs ... so, we can see from this since the federal reserve prints the money and it has absolutely nothing backing it up, its just paper and a fiat currency, that they are in effect running a scam to collect real money and assets from the american public while trading printed paper that is essentially making that paper worth less and less because they keep dumping more and more into circulation .... anyway we can conclude that there is a conflict of interest with the american people and the big banks making these huge loans to the federal govt especially during war ... the banks are the BIG winners in wartime ... they may even think that war is a good idea u think? and since the people running these banks have a great deal of influence in govt then its easy to think that maybe just maybe these greedy scam artists might try to push for war and more wars .... it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "the love of money is the root of all evil"

Answer 4

regrettably,that funds might want to correctly be comped through taxes.Its no longer the first Rodeo for are funds and conflict,and it wont be the finest.An social gathering is an same deficit raised throughout WWII.We didnt have the money then,even the oil generating international locations,stopped accepting funds and may want to in elementary words take gold bullion,because the U. S. greenback develop into weak on the on the spot.Weve balanced a transforming into deficit to 0 throughout Reagan/Bush sr.,and the country prospered,why dont you imagine it couldnt ensue again?you would possibly want to favor to remember how a lot funds we lend also.Its in the billions.on each and every occasion there's a disaster international,the first position international locations turn to is us,even those that dislike us,seem at north Korea.

Answer 5

Most people don't complain about the monetary cost. It sounds as if you are implying the money gained is worth the lives lost. By my estimation, since so much money is being generated at home by the war effort and we are gaining so much materially, this means out of the approximately 103,305 people killed in the combined Iraq and Afghan wars, including natives killed, each of their lives is worth $3.1 million to us in wages and profits. I suppose this is a respectable number for someone who is heartless and only worries about the bottom line.
It is not cost effective when you figure all the lives lost that may have been the future entrepreneurs, medical professionals, statesmen, and great thinkers of our future. Not to mention the outrageous debt we are going into to finance this disaster.

Answer 6

Simpleton! Money spent on troops' salaries is one thing...some of it comes back to the US. Big deal, it came out of Joe Taxpayer's wallet to begin with, still a loss.

Can you really say that if equipment/hardware damaged/ruined brings money back? Give me a break! Those are assets LOST. We already spent money on something that is now worthless other than to an Iraqi scrap yard owner. It costs us to replace such items.

Where does your allowance come from? The "right" hand I am sure. Please learn to think things out completely.

Edit: You really are moron. Replace to lower maintenance cost? That's like buying a new car vs. an oil change. I hope you never reproduce with that mentality.

Answer 7

When a lot of us "Non believers" complain about the cost of the Iraq war, we are referring to the near 3000 lives lost. in an unjust war. And the family's that have to deal with the loss of there Sons, Daughters, and other loved ones. That is way to high of a price to pay. No matter how much money filters back to the states.

Answer 8

ok,so where is the other 200 billion dollars going to come from? You really think that the Republican administration will spend 200 billion dollars less next year?..get real ..get a grip.
What about the cost of taking care of all the veterans coming home with no arms and no legs,and who is going to support their families then?
Did you forget to figure in that cost factor? I guess you did..
Oh well I guess you have to go back to the drawing board.

Answer 9

The biggest money comes back and goes into the pockets of war profiteers (friends of Republicans) who have set up contracting firms to serve the military or to become paid soldiers of war. All of it is pathetic and doesn't help Americans very much.

Answer 10

So it doesn't matter that we bankrupt the country, so long as we line the pockets of the elite military-industrial complex executives with more than 3/4 of the deficit war budget?

And money is the least of the cost! International standing and deaths are far more important!