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To: Mongo2116 who wrote (894666)	10/18/2015 9:59:32 AM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bonefish TideGlider Respond to of 1576159

No an exaggerated measure of the wars costs probably puts them at between $4tril and $6tril. That cost measure, if its even accurate under its own terms, its not for the cost already incurred, its the cost forever going forward including all sorts of indirect costs, and then all the interest costs on borrowing the full amount, even though the federal government has never borrowed a hundred percent of what it spent. Count entitlements that way and "a truer measure" of their costs make $4tril to $6tril look like a drop in the bucket. Either way count all the indirect costs and interest, or just look at direct spending - In the long run they aren't even significant, its almost all about entitlements