Comments on: Study: Financial Cost Of War Skyrocketing

Economists' Book Estimates Iraq War Costing About $12 Billion Per Month This Year

[bm6005]

Well most certainly not when ran by the Republican''''s!
Posted by skyk

Oh so true! However I cut no slack for incompetence regardless of party. Remember why the donkey''s were tossed out in the 90''s? We need to clean house again. Vote out ALL incumbents in November. I''d rather have rookies than practiced thieves. Every time they start to become comfortable (with stealing) they need to be changed!!!

[donevis-2009]

Just as we''re accepting the energy, housing and credit bubble''s as the "Bear" we see another monster on the horizon.. I can''t wait to see what this does to our Social Security benefits. It looks like us citizens get the "BoneUs" good this time.
Ohhh I''m sorry, don''t worry it''s all right, the money is safe in our administrations hands. "God Speed USA"

[bm6005]

Frank Bowers of Austin, TX

So Frank, how did you feel about Bush when he was Gov. of Texas? No joke, I''d really like to hear from a Texan regarding the village idiot''s term there as Gov. I''ve heard a lot but you never really know how true it all is.

[north1949]

standlee5, It wasn''t about wmd''s; it wasn''t about
Saddam Hussein; it wasn''t about democracy...GWB
manipulated the USA into invading Iraq for Exxon,
Shell, BP, and a bunch of other oil companies. It
was, is, and will be about the oil.

[joyous88]

four trillion dollars in debt;

well thank gawd we stopped Gov Spitzer from having s&x
with with another adult, thank gawd for GW Bush and his war

mission accomplished

[skyk-2009]

Dontcha just love government!

Posted by Paxalot

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Posted by bm6005 at 11:07 AM : Mar 10, 2008
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Well most certainly not when ran by the Republican''s!

[standlee5]

If we''re going to stay and fight for their freedom and safety they need to give us their oil.

[l8c6]

Interest on money borrowed to pay those costs could alone add $816 billion to that bottom line, they say.

Yes, remember the republican attacks on the democrats...the "tax and spend" democrats. Yeah, the big republicon financiers like the nation to sink into borrowing and debt of paying up front..... Interest they collect. So, the question begs, who are the beneficiaries of interest on 816 billion dollars? It isn''t the real taxpayers.

[l8c6]

Sumarongi

There is a habit of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Many of the extreme right and left don''t consider finding the aspects of sensibility that can exist in different ideologies. The extreme right pounces on left leaning ideals and calls them socialist as if socialism is all bad. Consequently the words of some of the socialists and communists have been ignored. Such as the warnings that unregulated capitalism would destroy a nation from within.

[l8c6]

Many citizens, middle class, have fled Iraq. When the middle class if able flee the U.S. it will be likewise, quite a desperate situation.

What will happen is the very wealthiest just may pack up and leave. On the other hand, with a destitute people mixed with illegal immigrant labor, it may be a hotbed for modern age plantation owners. BMW is going to increase production in the U.S. It''s cheaper here now.