Does anyone else find this incredible?

Question

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/Cost-of-War/Cost-of-War-3.html

The Cost of Iraq War calculator was set to reach $456 billion September 30, 2007, the end of fiscal year 2007. As of October 1, 2007, it is ticking at the same rate, though Congress has not yet appropriated money for fiscal year 2008.

The Cost of Iraq War calculator is occasionally reset based on new information and new allocations of funding and will be re-set depending on the decisions made by Congress.

The numbers include military and non-military spending, such as reconstruction. Spending only includes incremental costs, additional funds that are expended due to the war. For example, soldiers' regular pay is not included, but combat pay is included.

Potential future costs, such as future medical care for soldiers and veterans wounded in the war, are not included. It is also not clear whether the current funding will cover all military wear and tear. It also does not account for the Iraq War being deficit-financed and that taxpayers will need to make additional interest payments on the national debt due to those deficits.

The media (and others) sometimes cite a figure that is in excess of our estimate. However, the number cited by the media may include not just the Iraq War, but the Afghanistan War and for enhanced security abroad. Our figure is only covering the cost of the Iraq War as it relates to the U.S. federal budget (and does not include costs to others or other countries or any economic impact costs to Americans).

Answer 1

Wow! I didn't think anyone would have the time or resources to put up a site so stupid. Yes, it is incredible!

Answer 2

Yes. I've seen this before and those number are starting off way too low because just a couple weeks ago, Bush melted another $178Billion into the war, and a couple months, maybe not even a couple months, he poured $488Billion into it, so that number should at least be $1,000,000,000,000,000, not billions, but so many Americans are homeless, don't have proper health care, wish they could own a home and be prosperous, and so many other tragedies befall us, but ole DEMON POSSESSED DOUGHBOY BUSH and his mental retardation must continue pouring our resources into a non-winning, never ending war of bloodshed!

Smarty..

Answer 3

Not really, no. Most countries spend more on military than on the welfare of their people. That's why places like Sweden and Switzerland have a better standard of living, War is expensive. We already know that.

Answer 4

And the list goes on.... My all time favorite is 17 trillion dollars Reagan spent on one covert activity called Ivory Bells, plus it was compromised before single cable was laded,

Answer 5

Great site. Anyway, who voted for Bush. America doesn't have much of a democracy anyway. It's an old boys club and
you get the choice of two leaders every election.

Some democracy you guys are fighting commies and muslims for.

Answer 6

It is pretty stupid, I mean Congress could have just passed some stupid new law for 1 million dollars, but for dramatic effect this needs to count dollars per second.

pretty stupid, but great propoganda

Also, WE DO NOT HAVE A ******* DEMOCRACY!
THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH SOMETHING EVEN CLOSE TO A DEMOCRACY IS SWITZERLAND.

and of course call the goverment whatever you want, Italian despots called their goverments "republics" while ******* over the people.

And Champagne... are you a complete idiot, do you realize that we do not have one thousand trillion in debt. Where do you get one trillion for war costs you dumbass

Answer 7

I wonder what profit margin Bush and Chaney get?

Answer 8

I found it and it is incredible.20 years of this computer confusion is incredulous.

Answer 9

uk has personal debt's of 3 trillion

Answer 10

thats crazy!! omg!!

well, i live in australia and we dont have as many troops so it wouldnt be as bad for my country, but still, thats alota money!!