Iraq costing $18 BILLION a month

[Finite]

Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz assesses the true cost of the Iraq war:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/28/iraq.afghanistan

...I mean $18 BILLION?? Imagine what could be done with that money, how many people it would feed, educate and clothe..

(apologies if this has been posted already)

[Smith_3]

1. A little math:

$18 BILLION is 18.000.000.000 dollars.

There live approximately 300 MILLION people in the states, that is 300.000.000

18.000.000.000 / 300.000.000 = 60

We could give every person a sixty dollar check every month instead of having the war... :eyes:

edit: I wonder wether the boost to the economy that the war is supposed to be, increases or decreases tax revenue.

editedit: I'd spend my check on video games.

[Finite]

2. Good choice!

I'm in the UK so no $60 cheque for me.. The last estimate I heard was that the British government is spending roughly 2bn in Iraq every month, so that's:

(best case)

2,000,000,000 / 60,000,000 = £33.33p

Hmm.. well it'd buy a couple of rounds of drinks!

[bluerum]

3. It is, quite mad.

[Red Zelda]

4. but freedom is on the march ....

[Finite]

5. ..and

it's chequebook is wide open!

edit: For the arms industry, anyway

[Drifter]

6. War is expensive ...

Peace is priceless.


Cheers
Drifter

[bdamomma]

7. Crap, can you imagine what we can do with all that money

for our own people and country, arrest these bastards now!!

[sinkingfeeling]

8. It sure adds up, paying Sunnis not to shoot US troops. I read that the going rate is between

$300-600 per month to each.