U.S. to spend 6 BILLION!!! on Iraq in 2012 I though we had no money

[bigdarryl]

No wonder we can't get the economy back on track.TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/27/u-s-to-spend-more-than-6-billion-in-iraq-next-year/

[Autumn]

1. 6 Billion dollars would buy a lot

of fucking peas.

[nashville_brook]

5. snort!

[DCBob]

2. We used to spend 12 billion per month.

6 billion per year is a rounding error compared to that.

[phleshdef]

3. Who gives a shit? 6 billion is nothing.

The article says its mainly to build up our embassy and help refugees.

[nashville_brook]

6. i know, right! $6 billion is all we spend on non-medical science research thru the NSF

It's also the amount that's slated to be spent in 2012 on US Disaster relief. PEANUTS!

The Army Corps of Engineers only gets $4.6 billion in next year's budget -- wtf!

The entire Environmental Protection Agency operates on just $9 billion.

So, lots of people give a shit. An embassy isn't worth $6 billion. And, until we spend twice or three times that on Science funding, then yes, it's a hell of a lot of money.

[villager]

9. +1

[phleshdef]

10. Nope. It ain't shit.

I never made the argument that we shouldn't/couldn't fund other programs with more money than they have been getting. I agree with you on that. So you can have that little strawman back to go bloviate all over someone else with. Thats an unnecessary argument to have with me.

In the grand scheme of the typical budget, 6 billion is fractional. You can't refute that. Its a mathematically sound observation.

[bvar22]

11. Well Done!

Reccing post #6 by nashville_brook.




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[nashville_brook]

12. precisely.

[woo me with science]

14. Thank you.

Sheesh.

[elocs]

4. Pottery Barn rule: "you break it, you buy it".

We sure can't claim it was an accident.

[bigwillq]

7. A lot of things can be done in the USA

with 6 Billion.

[DirkGently]

8. But we neeeeed that 100-acre armed compound for "Diplomacy."

[Skittles]

13. but watch all the pretty planes LEAVING IRAQ!!!

DO NOT LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!!!!!!