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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:07 AM Original message |
Why Don't We Talk More About the Money Going to Iraq - the billions |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. A great, great, question! |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And all the money that is simply not accounted for. Billions. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. See? No responses. No one wants to breech the topic. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. The war is a huge boondoggle. And don't forget that the CPA |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. The Iraqi kids can't even make it to school. Way too dangerous. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Iraq used to be the model for medical care in that region. |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. like chimpy said "money trumps peace" |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Agreed to all of the above |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know exactly what you mean |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Military budget's up 11 or so percent. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yea. That's another thing. Where is all that money going? The |
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itsmesgd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. plus the war has not been included in the budget |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Borrowed from the Chinese? |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. So, if we weren't in a war where would all that money have gone? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Hard to say exactly, but it would NOT have gone to the poor and needy |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. If ONLY we could have |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. A number like 500 billion is too abstract. Most folks couldn't even tell ya how many zeros in that. |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. In my case that would be about $50. LOL |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics says $2.3T |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Looking at Stiglitz - I'm seeing $2.3 Trillion (and that was more than 1 year ago) |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And for nothing! We are getting absolutely nothing for our money. |
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