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"The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers $4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade of fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard researcher.
Washington increased military benefits in late 2001 as the nation went to war, seeking to quickly bolster its talent pool and expand its ranks. Those decisions and the protracted nation-building efforts launched in both countries will generate expenses for years to come, Linda J. Bilmes, a public policy professor, wrote in the report that was released Thursday.
"As a consequence of these wartime spending choices, the United States will face constraints in funding investments in personnel and diplomacy, research and development and new military initiatives," the report says. "The legacy of decisions taken during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will dominate future federal budgets for decades to come.""* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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(50,983 posts)And why do we NEVER hear this incomprehensible figure on TV? All we hear is how Obama and the Democrats are spending us into oblivion. The Obama spending meme is obvious cover for the Bush crimes.
This crime of Iraq, among others, is the real reason the pundits keep insisting we must cut social security.
If we weren't so involved with the good copbad cop game we could bury the Republicans with that figure.
And of that money spent a goodly portion of it was wasted through war profiteering.
This is a meme that could serve the Democratic Party in a big way.
This is why the Bush Administration should have been investigated for events leading up to the Iraq War. One guy did a little time for outing Valerie Plame when the whole outfit should have been in prison for decades.
Pass it on. "The Bush Administration has cost the nation over four trillion dollars on wars of choice and unproductive wars of waste. So we really don't want to hear how the Democrats are spending too much."