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The Iraq war, at $4 trillion? These things add up. Also, over 4 years, the U.S. GDP is $60 trillion, $6 trillion is 10% of that. How much better do you think
by mdemare 14y ago
The Iraq war, at $4 trillion? These things add up.
Also, over 4 years, the U.S. GDP is $60 trillion, $6 trillion is 10% of that.
How much better do you think that your preferred candidate will do? 5% better? 1% better?
- yummyfajitas 14y ago$2.4T in nominal dollars, considerably less with time discounting. http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/10/24/us-iraq-usa-funding-idUSN2450753720071024 http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/10/24/us-iraq-usa-fundin... This also assumes that $OTHER_CANDIDATE would not have done something similar, which I don't think is correct. The war in Afghanistan was a virtual certainty, regardless of who was president.