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We spent $1 trillion on the war in Iraq in 10 years. Another trillion in Afghanistan. Our budget deficit starting next year will be $1 trillion a year for the
by melling 8y ago
We spent $1 trillion on the war in Iraq in 10 years. Another trillion in Afghanistan. Our budget deficit starting next year will be $1 trillion a year for the next decade.
While I think the F35 project was a mess, there are even bigger problems in comparison.
The interest on the debt is going to grow to an incredible amount:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-skyrocketing-interest-payments-on-u-s-debt/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-skyrocketing-interest-payme...
- kibwen 8y agoThere's no reason to suspect that my opposition to the F-35 implies support for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, I'll be explicit: the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were and are shameful, deplorable wastes of human life and resources.
- melling 8y ago"Over the next decade, interest costs will total nearly $7 trillion, rising to become the third-largest 'program' in the federal budget." If you thought a trillion dollars over thirty years for the most advanced jet in the world was a lot of money, how do you feel about getting absolutely nothing for $7 trillion?