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 Post subject: Congress expecting $100 billion war request from White House
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Yee haw! Watch that deficit baloon!

100 billion more dollars. 100 billion. That's a lot of fucking money people.

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Imagine where 100 Billion could go in a domestic budget. Jesus fucking Christ.

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glorified_version wrote:
Imagine where 100 Billion could go in a domestic budget. Jesus fucking Christ.


Yeah, I mean, my kid could even have five full days of school each week instead of 4 1/4 with that kind of cash! No child left behind my ass.

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ElPhantasmo wrote:
Yee haw! Watch that deficit baloon!

100 billion more dollars. 100 billion. That's a lot of fucking money people.


China and a few other far east countrys are creditors and the US is a big fucking debtor. :roll:

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So wouldnt that make it 100,350,000,000 allocated to specific overseas operations in 3 days?

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How many more war requests in the billions until we are completely broke?

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IEB! wrote:
How many more war requests in the billions until we are completely broke?


We're operating in a deficit. In my Accounting 101 class, we considered that "broke."
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It would be the third and largest Iraq-related budget request from the White House yet, and it could push the war's costs over $200 billion - far above initial White House estimates of $50 billion-$60 billion. So far, the Iraq war has cost about $130 billion, according to the White House's Office of Management and Budget.


Has this administration been right about anything? Have any of their estimates on anything been even close?
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It would be the third and largest Iraq-related budget request from the White House yet, and it could push the war's costs over $200 billion - far above initial White House estimates of $50 billion-$60 billion. So far, the Iraq war has cost about $130 billion, according to the White House's Office of Management and Budget.


Has this administration been right about anything? Have any of their estimates on anything been even close?


No, but no one really cares, so they do it again and again and again.......

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Chris_H_2 wrote:
IEB! wrote:
How many more war requests in the billions until we are completely broke?


We're operating in a deficit. In my Accounting 101 class, we considered that "broke."


We're waaaay beyond broke.

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Yep, and alot of kids will still go hungry, and alot of public school programs will still be in the toilet, and the price of ice-cream ain't going down any time soon.
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