# anyone paying attention to the economy going down the fucking shitter?

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**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-paying-attention-to-the-economy-going-down-the-fucking-shitter/194987 "2008-01-23T06:11:51Z")
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#### Post date: [January 24, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-paying-attention-to-the-economy-going-down-the-fucking-shitter/194987/86 "2008-01-24T13:04:09Z")

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> [@daily driver question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/daily-driver-question/34511/27):
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> The Iraqi war costs the US and estimated 9 BILLION dollars A MONTH. By the time George Duubbaya’s term is over, he would’ve spent 4 TRILLION DOLLARS. That is…
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> $4,000,000,000,000.00
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> yeah?
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> That’s a lot of zero’s that we don’t have.

yeah…could have made every american citizen a millionaire + some.  
it a number so big you can even grasp it.

think of what we could have done here with that money…fix schools, health care, etc…  
no we are paying for an invasion & occupation of iraq.

check out this site…its pretty interesting

> **[Cost of National Security](https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/?redirect=cow)**
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> What counts as national security depends on your perspective. These embeddable counters track how much the U.S. spends on a variety of programs that protect our future, from military to food assistance. Do our nation's spending choices align with...

shows you what your area paid towards iraq & want could have been done with that money…here is what i got doing alleghney co.  
[http://www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs?location\_type=4&state=42&town=0.003803111269682770000000000000&program=282&tradeoff\_item\_item=999&submit\_tradeoffs=Get+Trade+Off](http://www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs?location_type=4&state=42&town=0.003803111269682770000000000000&program=282&tradeoff_item_item=999&submit_tradeoffs=Get+Trade+Off)

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