trillion....

WOW according to this graph this war is beyond out of control. It is more expensive than any other war that the United States has ever fought in. Such a shame. Right now 1986 is looking like a good time period to live in.
Ok, so far this war has reached billions, but is it possible that this war could or already have reached the trillions?? Imagine what you could do with a trillion dollars.

"It is enough to pay for the entire 1976 federal budget, adjusted for inflation. Enough to write a check for $37,500 to every Iraqi man, woman, and child. Enough to buy 169,492 Black Hawk helicopters, or 455 stealth bombers. Enough, in nominal terms, to pay for the entire federal government from 1789 to 1957. And it’s 10 times more than what specialists predict it would take to eradicate malaria once and for all."*

It is not a shocker that many people do not know exactly how much money is being spent. I believe that the government tries to keep all of the spending on war a secret to distract people from the truth.

"To distract people from the real price tag of a two-front war, the president and Congress have used an unprecedented and fiscally irresponsible budgetary trick: a series of “emergency” supplemental spending bills totaling hundreds of billions of dollars. This scheme has allowed them not only to hide the costs of the conflicts but also to avoid painful budget choices while funneling billions of dollars in unvetted goodies to favored interest groups."*

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