More than $800 billion has been requested by the president and appropriated by Congress for the war in Iraq over the last 10 years. It is impressive that for j

More than $800 billion has been requested by the president and appropriated by Congress for the war in Iraq over the last 10 years. It is impressive that for just over 1% of that budget we've measured the age of the universe and its rate of expansion. I'm happy for my tax dollars to go to any type of scientific advancement rather than killing other humans.