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13. Like most such cost estimates, its a mixture of direct and indirect, present and future costs

Reply to polly7 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 15, 2015, 01:55 PM

Feb 2015

The $3 trillion cost estimate doesn't reflect direct present costs -- costs that required a check to be written. It includes the author's estimates of various indirect costs they attribute to the Iraq war (including the costs of the Afghanistan war, the future costs in insurance, medical care etc. for veterans, and the "impact" on the US economy.

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Four hundred and twenty eight dollars per person [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2015 OP

Where did all that money come from? polly7 Feb 2015 #1

I would imagine the Brits & others put some money into it, but Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #4

We probably borrowed it. jwirr Feb 2015 #5

It came from no where glasshouses Feb 2015 #7

That's the cost to the US alone muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #8

Yes, I don't imagine anyone will ever know the true cost to Iraq, polly7 Feb 2015 #11

Dipped into Social Security! nt daredtowork Feb 2015 #10

Like most such cost estimates, its a mixture of direct and indirect, present and future costs onenote Feb 2015 #13

We put it on the card...... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #14

That makes me sad for all the good people in the U.S. struggling who polly7 Feb 2015 #17

Social Security n/t LiberalEsto Feb 2015 #23

A better question is, "Where did it GO?" Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #25

"This nation can afford to spend what is needed..." OnyxCollie Feb 2015 #2

Or $42.80 per year with the war being 10 years Reter Feb 2015 #3

It depends on how you look at it. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #6

I used to hang out with a genius/wizard level tech guy Fumesucker Feb 2015 #12

I want my money shenmue Feb 2015 #9

Everybody who voted for war should be in jail. arikara Feb 2015 #18

But Rumsfeld and Cheney promised that the war would pay for itself in 6 months. world wide wally Feb 2015 #15

Excellent post whereisjustice Feb 2015 #16

It was all about photo ops for that guy, wasn't it. Of course, the pretzel scar was a bad one. C Moon Feb 2015 #19

That's almost $10,000 for every person...adult and child...counted in the US 2010 census stuffmatters Feb 2015 #20

Wars are expensive, but those who profit from them don't pay taxes Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #21

Our Social Security Trust Fund helped pay for this n/t LiberalEsto Feb 2015 #22

I got that warm fuzzy feeling down in my pants Cryptoad Feb 2015 #24

That's pretty impressive Turbineguy Feb 2015 #26