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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:05 PM
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How much does Iraq War cost per week? It used to be 6 billion but
I believe it has gone up
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:07 PM
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1. Imagine what $6 billion a week could do for the people of
America. Wouldn't it be nice if they would spend our tax money on us?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:08 PM
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2. YUP
And these freaking repukes just don't get that point.
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:12 PM
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3. If it's $100,000 per minute, how much is that per day? I'm not good at
math. Is it $195,000,000 a day? If so how much per week. My calculator says 1,365,000,000. Can that be right?
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:46 PM
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7. I get $144 million a day.
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 06:48 PM by NYC
$100,000
x 60 minutes in an hour
x 24 hours in a day

Easy way: $100,000 times 60 = $6,000,000 (6 million)
$6 million times 24 = $144 million.

Edit: That would be $4 billion a month, which sounds low.

$144 million a day times 7 days = $1.008 billion a week.
$144 million a day times 30 days = $4.320 billion a month.
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Clarkie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:21 PM
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4. I don't think it's that much, but it is substantial.
$271 billion total according to this site so far.

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:24 PM
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5. Use to be $6 billion a month. I think it's up to $8 billion a month
or $2 billion a week.
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:26 PM
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6. I am pretty sure it was 6 billion a week, not month
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