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To: Earlie who wrote (224032)	2/26/2003 12:26:01 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

as silly as greenspan has become, i look at the quality of people shrub has surrounded himself with and really have to wonder if we wouldn't be better of with the greenspan we know than the economic rumsfeld we don't (yet). imo etc.

To: Earlie who wrote (224032)	2/26/2003 12:30:50 PM
From: ild	Respond to of 436258

Iraq War Cost Could Soar, Pentagon Says ... Washington has been abuzz about a war's impact on the federal budget and the economy since last fall, when former White House economic advisor Lawrence B. Lindsey estimated that the conflict's costs could run between $100 billion and $200 billion, and come cheap at that price. Other administration officials rushed to dismiss the estimate and Lindsey was subsequently fired at least in part, many speculate, because of his willingness to put a price tag on the confrontation. ... America's last war with Iraq in the early 1990s cost $61 billion. In that case, U.S. allies footed most of the bill. That almost certainly will not happen this time. ... latimes.com