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Originally Posted by So-cal
Lockeed Martin, Boeing, GM, haliburton,Blackwater, GE, The US army, Micheal moore, All these companies and people pay income and capital taxes so how do you really add up the cost of war???? Are you including how much the govt gets back in taxes?????
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People have added up the cost in lost production, increased oil prices, and direct costs as being over 2 trillion (heading to 3 in some estimates).. Thats lost GDP (you do get that concept.. GDP ??).. A drain to the US economy, one that now has to be borne by the US citizenship for this choice to go to war that they would not have if they didnt go to war.
The number is so large that it is hard for many people to process. 2,000,000,000,000 USD Thats the total 'cost of war' including indirect costs like future soldier medical commitments, loss of economic production etc. That amount would (ballpark numbers here)
600,000,000 People with Health Care for One Year OR
2,000,000,000 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
44,000,000 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
36,000,000 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
320,000,000 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
120,000 New Elementary Schools OR
16,000,000 Affordable Housing Units OR
1,000,000,000 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
280,000,000 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
30,000,000 Port Container Inspectors for One year
The actual costs to the average American for this are just so high economically. People who dont think about the concept just assume 'its paid for somehow out of taxes'.. As though they go to Fort Knox and get some gold out of storage.. Well I got news, The government is already in debt and those taxes need paying !!