The high cost of war
Yesterday, the Senate approved a new $2.8 trillion budget, in which the debt limit was increased by $781 billion, bringing the national debt ceiling to $9 trillion.
Before you throw up your hands in disgust (or stop reading from sheer boredom), check this:
In a SEPARATE action, the House approved emergency spending of $92 billion, $68 billion of which will go toward military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (and... maybe... Iran?). How many people do you think could eat on $68 billion?
See that ticker over there to the right, the one that is adding up the cost of the war? You thought it was bogus didn't you? Or meaningless... it's not. Who do you think that $68 billion is going to? Perhaps the military contractors like Lockheed Martin, whose CEO, Robert J. Stevens took home $10.3 million in pay and bonuses in 2004? Someone's getting rich off this war, but it sure isn't the Iraqi people, or the American soldiers dying there.
Before you throw up your hands in disgust (or stop reading from sheer boredom), check this:
In a SEPARATE action, the House approved emergency spending of $92 billion, $68 billion of which will go toward military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (and... maybe... Iran?). How many people do you think could eat on $68 billion?
See that ticker over there to the right, the one that is adding up the cost of the war? You thought it was bogus didn't you? Or meaningless... it's not. Who do you think that $68 billion is going to? Perhaps the military contractors like Lockheed Martin, whose CEO, Robert J. Stevens took home $10.3 million in pay and bonuses in 2004? Someone's getting rich off this war, but it sure isn't the Iraqi people, or the American soldiers dying there.
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