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Originally Posted by BroncoBeavis
We put more debt on in one year than we spent in Iraq and Afghanistan in a decade. Try harder.
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Total bull****, we've spend 3-4 trillion on wars in the last decade.
Direct costs, VA, pensions, rebuilding efforts, interest costs, etc.
http://costsofwar.org/
(by Brown University)
Not to mention, the he bulk of the increase in deficit over the last decade is due to increased defense spending.
$400 bn/yr in DoD budget (above 2000 spending)
$300 bn/yr in VA, pensions, interest, etc from effects of those wars.