words of wisdom dear Americans

[sysk]

Failure of critical thinking: health care reform criticized as costing $1 trillion over 10 yrs. Meanwhile Iraq/Afghanistan wars over 100B/yr

[directfiesta]

"If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem." ? George W. Bush, Jan. 2001.

Before the war, White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsay estimated the cost at $100 to $200 billion. So the White House got rid of him and "re-estimated" the cost at $50 to $60 billion. It's now over $500 billion.

The neocons, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, etc. were just totally unrealistic. "We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." ? Wolfowitz, March 28, 2003.