Iraq has put $10,000 on each American's credit card. Our politicians should talk about that.

[Hamlette]

The projected cost is 3 Trillion bucks. That's $10,000 for each of us...on our credit cards. For a family of 4, that's $40,000. On the credit card. How do we expect the economy to survive that?

I wish Obama or Clinton would put it in terms Americans can understand. We put each one of your kids $10,000 in debt. For what?

[SpiralHawk]

1. Great, readily graspable rhetorical point. Should be trumpeted...

thank you...

[stellanoir]

3. Shush Mr. Hawk

and dutifully take your hush money.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3017402

I had heard it was 20 grand per person.

But I live for fuzzy math only.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Spiral Hawk gets all angry, fuzzy at the very thought of how America has been lied to, and screwed

by the republicon cabal for their oil & munitions & mercenary corporation PROFIT CRUSADE against the people of Iraq. Our sons and daughters in uniform are dying and being maimed for this...and we are making a planet-full of enemies for our nation.

Maybe our newly-minted enemies are not attacking America with guns and bombs, but with the Imperial Financial Screwing that was set up by republicon squandering, borrowing, incompetence and malfeasance -- and that every man, woman and child in our United States will be violently impacted by...

This credit-card, cost-per-person stat for the Iraq Oil Profits Crusade is very telling. It should be repeated over and over and over until it sinks into the public mind...Joe six-pack and everyone else can "get" this...

[stellanoir]

6. I don't feel comfortable speaking of Spiral Hawk behind his back but I hear him.

:hug:

[Frustratedlady]

2. So many have maxed out their credit cards, perhaps the charge...

will be rejected. Wouldn't that be nice?

Send it to George. Let him and his cohorts pay it out of their war profits.

[alfredo]

10. I'd say that the missing billions and kickbacks are already in bush and

cheney's off shore accounts.

[bobbolink]

5. Why would they? Most are part of it.

:shrug:

[SpiralHawk]

7. ...and for that reason, realizing that they each owe 10K more for a pack of republicon war lies

will send a message...

[Mike03]

8. Excellent post. Hope that our candidates read this. N/T

[tachyon]

9. I already cut up that credit card and put it in the landfill.

And I won't pay. Let 'em send the bills...I won't pay.
:grr:

[Mike03]

11. Incidentally, that ten grand is in addition to the average $8,000 balance that Americans

currently hold on their cards.

So that works out to $18,000.

[Quantess]

12. That would be the average, I suppose.

Some people pay more.

[marmar]

13. That means I'm over my limit.....

:mad:

[progressoid]

14. Sorry, my card is maxed out.

Charge it to my kids.

[tinrobot]

15. $40K means two cars stolen from every garage.

War is a racket.

[tuckessee]

16. Kucinich, Gravel and Paul talked about that.

But the American electorate booted their so-called loony, unelectable asses out of the campaign.

[Jemmons]

17. Its less for you because most of the world will pay

While Helicopter Ben will let the printing press run to pay the bills, anyone holding US dollars will help pay the costs of war. Unwillingly and even if you are against the war. This is particularly true for the population of India, China, Middle East countries and other oil producing countries, but also anyone in countries where central banks have dollar reserves. In effect most of the world pays for your excesses.

[SpiralHawk]

18. kick

On account of this still sticks in my craw, and I do think IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT OUT BY THE DEM CANDIDATES - OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

[Supersedeas]

19. those with interest in credit cards would rather not -- and their advertiser pay Media execs

[BeFree]

20. Hey!

If you're so good at math.... kindly figure out how much we've spent on each of the 25 million Iraqi's. Call it Iraqi welfare, if you dare.