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To: bentway who wrote (790075)	6/15/2014 2:24:05 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1588057

>> The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said. Yes, there are "studies" all over the place. Without getting into the weeds on it (as I've made clear before, it is my belief that when you go to war budget considerations are not a factor), I just think it is interesting that when counting up the costs of Social Security, you idiots don't believe in accrual accounting, but in counting up the costs of war, you accrue everything including the kitchen sink, which is what was done in that so-called "study".