How much did YOU pay for war this year?

More than any of us spent on any one other item or category. And that is even without considering all of the other expenses that result from our war activities, such as TSA security expenses.

And that is why the corporate/military/right is pushing to end social programs, so that they can grab an even larger share of our money than they now do.

I don’t need a calculator to know - any money that goes towards war is too much

"Instead of $1 trillion for war, we could have spent that money to roll out a WPA-style program and hired the 15.3 million people out of work for $50,000 apiece. Even then, we’d still have $235 billion left over."

The Cost of War is just Too Damn High -

National Priorities Project

Total Cost of Wars Since 2001

$1,128,072,000,000

Cost of War in Iraq

$748,359,000,000

Cost of War in Afghanistan

$379,712,000,000

(that's 1.1 Trillion Dollars, all told -- to date.)

for a real time counter, of this most costly reason for our National Debt problem, check out:

costofwar.com

Kind of makes your head spin -- round and round it goes ...

where it will stop, nobody knows ...

The costs of War are many. The loss of life. The loss of opportunity. The loss of time. The loss of health. The loss of potential. The loss of investments in our own nation, in our own citizens.

The ironic thing is -- with all its many costs, War is rarely targeted by the Media and Politicians, as something that has put us in our current National Debt situation. War is Expensive. War has put us in Debt (along with the Banks.)

Critical thinking about this Too Damn High expense, is rarely addressed; could be War is something, in need of some serious "belt-tightening" too ...

Cost of war

We were constantly barraged with politicians and pundits complaining about runaway federal spending. Yet, I do not hear anyone talking about the cost of war. In addition to the loss of life, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are draining our budget more than the cost of healthcare and social services.

The U.S. has spent more than $1 trillion on operational in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2011, these wars are projected to cost taxpayers another $159 billion.

According to Mary Zerkel, an organizer with the American Friends Service Committee,

"Instead of $1 trillion for war, we could have spent that money to roll out a WPA-style program and hired the 15.3 million people out of work for $50,000 apiece. Even then, we’d still have $235 billion left over."

Instead of investing in people, the powers that be ... the powers that fund war, above all else -- would rather look for Deficit gremlins, in other more open and vulnerable corners of the Economy.

The corners where Seniors, and the Disabled, and the unfortunate broken family survivors, reside ...

"Tweaks" Can Fix $5.3T Social Security Shortfall
cbsnews -- May 18, 2010

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/12/29/932125/-The-Cost-of-War-is-just-Too-Dam...

http://costofwar.com

Too much! Stop the war! Bring our kids home!