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dc_dux · 10-24-2007, 06:44 AM

A report to be released today by the Congressional Budget Office puts the cost of the Iraq (and Afghanistan) war at $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years, including $750 billion in interest.

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition...terstitialskip

Yet, $35 billion over seven years ($5 bil/yr) to provide insurance for children of working class families is too much?

How fucked are those priorities?

10-24-2007, 06:44 AM	#100 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	A report to be released today by the Congressional Budget Office puts the cost of the Iraq (and Afghanistan) war at $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years, including $750 billion in interest. http://www.usatoday.com/printedition...terstitialskip Yet, $35 billion over seven years ($5 bil/yr) to provide insurance for children of working class families is too much? How fucked are those priorities? __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire