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To: TimF who wrote (177178)	10/28/2003 12:13:42 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574260

What happened to the new found freedom for the Iraqis the conservatives have been lauding? Isn't that worth the price of admission? Without a rebuilding of Iraq they are unlikely to retain that freedom in the long run. Iraq is sitting on known oil reserves of a trillion dollars. Its not how big their reserves are. Its how much they can sell each year, how much profit is left after those sales and how much of that profit is left after making loan payments. Some of that money will go to rebuild Iraq but it won't be coming in at a fast enough rate. Do you think I honestly care how the Iraqis make money off their oil? I am incensed that we are spending billions on a war that shouldn't have happened, and now, you are willing to hock the kitchen sink so that Iraq gets a free ride. Like I said.......conservatives are all so quick to slash and burn American social programs No they are not. The programs never have been slashed and burned, and few conservatives ever even made an effort to slash and burn them. What are you talking about....that's all conservatives talk about. but then want to spend billions on Iraqis. Something's up. What are conservatives getting out of it? If we just walk out without suppressing the Baathist The Ba'thist are not the problem. ted

To: TimF who wrote (177178)	10/28/2003 7:13:14 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574260

Tim, re: The bill that Bush submitted had about $20bil for rebuilding Iraq. That's something like 1/5th of 1% of our GDP and less then 1% of Federal spending. And since we are already in deficit spending, it all goes to the federal "bottom line", in addition to the subsequent interest payments for the length of the bonds that must be sold. I said before, I would like to see an incremental war tax. A one shot deal up front. Each tax payer gets an invoice for, say, $499.95 to support the war. John