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CBO And The Pentagon Are LYING - New Brown University Report Pegs The Real Cost Of Current Wars At $4 TRILLION August 3, 2012
"A new report out of Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--together with the counterinsurgency efforts in Pakistan--will, all told, cost $4 trillion and leave 225,000 dead, both civilians and soldiers.
The group of economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists involved in the project estimated that the cost of caring for the veterans injured in the wars will reach $1 trillion in 30 or 40 years.
In estimating the $4 trillion total, they did not take into account the $5.3 billion in reconstruction spending the government has promised Afghanistan, state and local contributions to veteran care, interest payments on war debt, or the costs of Medicare for veterans when they reach 65.
The Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, has assessed the federal price tag for the wars at $1.8 trillion through 2021.
The report says that is a gross underestimate, predicting that the government has already paid $2.3 trillion to $2.7 trillion.
More than 6,000 U.S. troops and 2,300 contractors have died since the wars began after Sept. 11.
A staggering 550,000 disability claims have been filed with the VA as of 2010.
Meanwhile, 137,000 civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have died in the conflict.
Where are these Brown university folks getting their numbers? Humanitarian folks, lawyers, anthropologists? I also though a million civilians were killed at least that is what they were howling about before. Cost for medicare for the vets? They would get medicare if they were vets or not.
"The ripple effects on the U.S. economy have also been significant, including job loss and interest rate increases, and those effects have been underappreciated."
So the unemployment numbers are Bush's fault and the libor interest rate manipulation by the big banks and little timmy is the fault of the war? OK. lol
I think the CBO numbers are much closer. The first place one would go to start an estimate would be to get the CBO numbers but if you have an agenda to push hey why start there right? lol
It's all very sad. And to think that Romney has been talking up the idea of going to war in Iran. You just know he's going to kowtow to the neo-con crowd if he becomes president.
It's all very sad. And to think that Romney has been talking up the idea of going to war in Iran. You just know he's going to kowtow to the neo-con crowd if he becomes president.
Don't worry, Obama will start a war with Iran first to try and get re-elected, then it will be Ok for you to support it.
This discussion is about the cost of recent wars in terms of dollars and lost lives. Romney has been talking about war with Iran. How much will that cost? How many additional lives will be sacrificed?
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Originally Posted by Haakon
Don't worry, Obama will start a war with Iran first to try and get re-elected, then it will be Ok for you to support it.
Wrong. I would be against a war with Iran, no matter who initiates it.
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