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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (113323)3/28/2008 8:25:16 PM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
Look, Hawk. 4 trillion was spent. We went into this decade with a surplus. If you are going to defend this nightmare it is YOU that needs to explain where the money went, not us.

But as to your question:
-the no bid Halliburton and other defense contracts "for Iraq" are not included in "war expenditures"
-the cost of ongoing entitlements for injured troops are not included in "war expenditures", these show up as entitlements except they would not be there without the war
-the huge and wasteful "dept of homeland security" who broker half of this cr@p are not included in war expenditures,etc.

Plus Bush is just a pork spender, with subsidies as far as the eye can see for the farm belt, oil and no bargaining ability drug entitlement programs.

This decade has cost this country more than can have ever been imagined a decade ago,and Bush is the "Iraq war president", and he spent 4 trillion in many obscure ways. Had we not had Iraq would we have spent 4 trillion - probably not,maybe 3 trillion.
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