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The Pentagon is drafting a wartime request to the U.S. Congress for another $80 billion to $100 billion (U.S.) early next year, members of both parties say, in addition to the $50 billion Congress will hand over in supplemental funding before it leaves on its Christmas break.
That would put the military outlay to $450 billion and counting, pocket change from the half a trillion mark.
The Iraq war alone is costing U.S. taxpayers $5 billion per month and even if today's elections are successful and American troops start returning home in 2006, the money will still be needed to bring back personnel and equipment.
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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968793972154
This is ridiculous.
They are only going to put 3 billion into the Levy's of New Orleans and that's only get them up to where they can withstand a Catagory 4. If a Catagory 5 hits they're still ferked. Yet we've put 450 billion into the Iraq war?
An estimated 13 million US children go to bed hungry each night.
Thousands of senior citizens go hungry each day because they have to choose between meds and food.
Why are we sending so much money overseas when we can't even keep our own people fed?