And did all that money came from the wallets of the American people? Did the American people agree and authorize the spending of 500 billion dollars of THEIR own money?
I wonder if that money would not have been much better spent in improving helth care for all Americans instead.
2007-12-31 09:11:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I meant "health" not "helth".
2007-12-31 09:13:11 · update #1
RTO Trainer, here in Australia 500 000 000 000 means 500 billions.
2007-12-31 09:28:10 · update #2
Weren't the wars in the USA the reason why you have income tax? End the war and you get to keep the income tax you pay. Check your pay stub where it says tax and you'll know how much you spend on the war. I wonder if the Americans feel safer today then they did 30 years ago?
2008-01-03 03:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by diamondknife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most of that money goes right back into the american economy anyways...soldier salaries, government contracts and all...its not like we're handing out 100 bills to iraqis on the streets
2007-12-31 14:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by kevin m 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Thank you Nancy Pelosi and the Democratically controlled Congress...
2007-12-31 10:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
thats every year so they acctually have spent like alomst 4 trillion dollars, un believable
2007-12-31 09:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by Fool On The Hill 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
lets see, socialsim or survival from an al qaeda attack...HMMMM???? and you wonder about that...???? only from the mind of a liberal
its a moot point if its true or not. the money did come from americans the war was authorized and al qaeda has had no successfull attacks on us soil since.
to answer your "wionder", health care doesnt do much if your dead, so the answer is no and ESCPECIALLY no with the mess of hillarycare two....
heres a suggestion
get a grip
grow up
move on.
2007-12-31 09:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
At 4 percent of GDP, defense spending is one and a half percentage points of GDP below the 45-year historical average and well below Cold War and Vietnam War levels.
Your $5 billion amount sounds like a lot of money, but 3x that amount has been spent on government pork perks.... like the bridge to nowhere in Alaska.
Our health care wouldn't be worth squat if the extreme Islamist terrorist were able to subvert our freedoms. You would not care if you weren't able to get your teeth whitened or didn't get your choice of an abortion if the terrorists triggered an atomic bomb over your city.
check out http://www.heritage.org/research/features/budgetchartbook/charts_s/s7.cfm
2007-12-31 09:27:25 · answer #6 · answered by bwlobo 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No. It is not true. It's not even close.
737,000,000,000 prior to the last authorization. And that's the total GWOT--Operations in Afghansitan, Guatemala, Continental Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, Georgia... are all included as well as Iraq.
My figures show the GWOT spending is less than 1% of GDP annually. That makes this the cheapest war in US history.
2007-12-31 09:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by RTO Trainer 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
True. Not just our money but our kids and grandkids will be paying for Bush's lunacy.
2007-12-31 09:21:19 · answer #8 · answered by David M 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
It is possible.
Think of a credit card to be payed later.
Not all Americans agreed.
Yes.
2007-12-31 09:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by American Dissenter 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes bush the dip spent that much. no the people did not authorize it. the dip sold bonds to china to fund this but eventually it will be paid off by Americans. the dip will say its not that much because to him the zeros dont mean anything
2007-12-31 09:19:10 · answer #10 · answered by Bud W 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋