The cost of the Iraq war is now over $511 billion.

National Priorities Project | Bringing the Federal Budget Home

Yet, it seems that when it comes to spending on war the US will quite happily give the green light to any increases the President requests.


Federal Budget Year in Review 2007

Congress and the administration failed to agree on budget priorities this year. While the President announced an escalation of the Iraq War and requested nearly $200 billion for war funding in fiscal year 2008 alone, Congress tried repeatedly to expand health care for children. By December, only one of the 12 appropriation bills requiring approval, the defense bill, passed Congress without being vetoed by the President. Congress wrapped up the budget process with an omnibus spending bill which combined all other bills into one. It included numerous cuts to domestic spending programs, and included another $70 billion in unrestricted war spending.

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511 million dollars in a war is not a joke us government got 300 million dollars from world bank for this wars
if this amount is used for development of us the us will be no:1 in development
511 million dollars is wasted in the name of war with no result.

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Interesting,

No doubt, we are spending a fortune on war, but we are spending even more on illegal immigration costs. Since gov simply cranks up printing press anytime they run short, it is nothing more than funny money, and this is why dollar has dropped to historic lows.

http://immigrationcounters.com/

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