Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

We spend $600 million in 2 days in Iraq. We could bail out the entire state for what it costs for 2 days in Iraq.



Welfare accounts for 1% of our budget. Are you telling me that this 1% is what is putting us into a recession? I agree that welfare fraud needs to be fought harder, but many of the people defrauding the system are the ones that are donating to your President and party.



Alaska cost $7.2 million dollars. Iraq is estimated to cost us $2 trillion dollars. We don't even get the deed to Iraq when we're done. As for economic sense, since we've "freed" the Iraqis, oil has gone up a ton, our dollar has gone to shit, and our economy is on the verge of a recession.