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To: FJB who wrote (524231)	11/23/2012 4:50:14 PM
From: goldworldnet	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793817

Health expenditures in the United States neared $2.6 trillion in 2010, over ten times the $256 billion spent in 1980. kaiseredu.org Yearly, the cost of the War on Terror is much less than healthcare. FY2003 Supplemental: Operation Iraqi Freedom: Passed April 2003; Total $78.5 billion, $54.4 billion Iraq War. FY2004 Supplemental: Iraq and Afghanistan Ongoing Operations/Reconstruction: Passed November 2003; Total $87.5 billion, $70.6 billion Iraq War. FY2004 DoD Budget Amendment: $25 billion Emergency Reserve Fund (Iraq Freedom Fund): Passed July 2004, Total $25 billion, $21.5 billion (estimated) Iraq War. FY2005 Emergency Supplemental: Operations in the War on Terror; Activities in Afghanistan; Tsunami Relief: Passed April 2005, Total $82 billion, $58 billion (estimated) Iraq War. FY2006 Department of Defense appropriations: Total $50 billion, $40 billion (estimated) Iraq War. FY2006 Emergency Supplemental: Operations Global War on Terror; Activities in Iraq & Afghanistan: Passed February 2006, Total $72.4 billion, $60 billion (estimated) Iraq War. FY2007 Department of Defense appropriations: $70 billion(estimated) for Iraq War-related costs. FY2007 Emergency Supplemental (proposed) $100 billion. FY2008 Bush administration has proposed around $190 billion for the Iraq War and Afghanistan. FY2009 Obama administration has proposed around $130 billion in additional funding for the Iraq War and Afghanistan. FY2011 Obama administration proposes around $159.3 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. en.wikipedia.org * * *

To: FJB who wrote (524231)	11/23/2012 6:00:51 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793817

I always thought the trillions Geitner passed out would have funded Obamacare for years....