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According to a study by the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University, since 2001, America’s wars have cost $5.6 trillion. That equates to $23,000 per taxpayer. This is more than three times the Pentagon estimate – which...
by Ron Paul “The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.†– James Madison A speech before the US House of Representatives on July 1, 2010 In January 1991, we went to war in the Middle...
Just focusing on the economics of it all, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to cost nearly $200 Billion in 2008. And, if we assume the government will act like it normally does, you can expect that price tag to be far, far higher than what they claim it...