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kentuck

(111,107 posts)
Sun Sep 21, 2014, 02:08 PM Sep 2014

How do we afford it?

How much do these bombs cost to make, transport, and drop on the enemy?

I have heard reports that we have dropped 175 bombs on ISIS' targets? I have no idea how much that is costing American taxpayers but I would hope it is diminishing the enemy's capacity to continue?

Should "war" be looked at from a cost/benefit perspective?

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How do we afford it? (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2014 OP
I asked that a while ago right here...check out Hey Boner - How we gonna pay for it? TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #1
Oh, it's not much. Just ... Scuba Sep 2014 #2
We "afford" it by cutting funds from elsewhere. cali Sep 2014 #3
We always find money for our wars of choice. morningfog Sep 2014 #4
Probably should't include transport costs. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #5
 

TheNutcracker

(2,104 posts)
1. I asked that a while ago right here...check out Hey Boner - How we gonna pay for it?
Sun Sep 21, 2014, 02:20 PM
Sep 2014

They always ask that about everything, but not this war escalation????

War profiteers get their money from taxpayers. Where are they taking it from? Will we hear again, we must give up Medicare and Soc Sec?

Where's the Cat Food Committee? Why not put this shit on the table instead????

Tax Exxon Mobil. Quarterly profits alone will probably fund it...if it's actually for just a short time. But I don't really believe that either.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025525380

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
3. We "afford" it by cutting funds from elsewhere.
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 08:27 AM
Sep 2014

and I think we all know where the elsewhere is.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
5. Probably should't include transport costs.
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 08:33 AM
Sep 2014

The bombs are sitting on aircraft carriers and we'd be paying for those to move around the world whether or not we we actually using them, so the transport portion is a cost we would incur regardless of current policy.

If we looked at war from a standard cost/benefit perspective and truly examined ROI, there would be no war.

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