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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: TimF who wrote (43428)5/24/2010 7:58:23 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
Re: [Hey, you're the guy who said it was "small".] "I said it was small compared to the US economy."

Ok.

"Spending on SDI has typically been billions, or at most very low tens of billions per year."

OK.

So "tens of billions per year", continued over an EXTENDED NUMBER OF YEARS (decades, right?), and with borrowed funds, to which interest rates compound, and even adding in the Opportunity Costs of any forgone opportunities (such as paying down debt, or productive investments in national infrastructure, or any other alternative possible uses for the same money, etc.) is "small" to you.

OK. Good to know!
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