Tsunami aid from USG, $35Million; Lobbying Costs $172million/month

[Inland]

What does one have to do with the other? Nothing much. I just thought the cost of lobbying at the fed level is an interesting fact showing the moral choices being made by our society.

[BeyondThePale]

1. Cost of Iraq debacle = $5billion/month

Nice priorities in the USA

[salinen]

3. I think thats

about 40 mil every minute.

edit: forget my head math.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. War in Iraq: $177 million per day, $7.4 million per hour

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=171440

[xchrom]

4. we love to kill those of no threat to us.

that's all you can say about it -- kill those guys and act shamefull in the face a huge human tragedy.