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i don't know how they calculate it

Posted on: April 17, 2017 at 15:22:18 CT
meatiger MU
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We spend something like %600 billion per year on defense. Your claim was that the Iraq war costs $700 billion over 8 years...was that above the baseline, or how they split it up.
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Spanky: Trump himself has said the Wars cost 6T - Badird MU - 4/17 14:22:39
     I have never supported boots on the ground in the M/E - Spanky KU - 4/17 14:49:39
          Does it matter what you, as a private citizen, support when - Silas MU - 4/17 14:53:14
               The financial reality is the 9 years of the Iraq War cost - Spanky KU - 4/17 15:06:47
                    RE: The financial reality is the 9 years of the Iraq War cost - meatiger MU - 4/17 15:11:59
                         What is 'the entire base of the military needed to - Spanky KU - 4/17 15:14:56
                              i don't know how they calculate it - meatiger MU - 4/17 15:22:18
                                   Likely total cost of units deployed... - Spanky KU - 4/17 15:39:24
                                        It is very difficult to calculate - meatiger MU - 4/17 15:47:05
                                             It is likely a case of 'figures lie and liars figure' - Spanky KU - 4/17 16:01:24
                                                  to some extent true - meatiger MU - 4/17 16:11:02
                                                       Since the military in uniform is lower than pre-ww2 - Spanky KU - 4/17 16:17:13
                              Total costs of VA benefits, Homeland Security, etc etc etc - Badird MU - 4/17 15:22:06
                                   RE: Total costs of VA benefits, Homeland Security, etc etc etc - meatiger MU - 4/17 15:22:49
     over the same period the U S spent $15T on welfare. - Ferg STL - 4/17 14:27:52
          Wars don't end. - Evenflow MU - 4/17 15:12:03
          We are in a perpetual state of war and that isn't changing - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 4/17 14:55:32
          RE: over the same period the U S spent $15T on welfare. - JayHoaxH8r MU - 4/17 14:44:38
          Wars don't end anymore. (nm) - ummmm MU - 4/17 14:35:07
               they get renamed and remarketed to the US public (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/17 14:42:37
          That would be $1T/Year and what are you including? - Silas MU - 4/17 14:33:28
               Food stamps, AFDC, Section 8 - Ferg STL - 4/17 14:49:21
                    SS disability comes from SS, unemployment comes from taxes - Silas MU - 4/17 14:52:08
                         It's welfare. - Ferg STL - 4/17 14:58:01
                              Nope. Already told you tax source which is specific for - Silas MU - 4/17 14:59:03
                                   are you really trying to make up your own definition - SuperTone MU - 4/17 15:07:56
                                        if there is a tax to fund something, is it welfare? - Silas MU - 4/17 15:11:00
                                             of course it is. yes and yes. - SuperTone MU - 4/17 15:19:05
                                                  No. If you're taxed on it, it is income - Silas MU - 4/17 15:28:37
                                                       I really can't believe you tried to resort to categorizing - SuperTone MU - 4/17 15:42:36
                                                       income you DIDN'T EARN IS WELFARE!(nm) - SuperTone MU - 4/17 15:40:47
                                                            No. You have a weird sense of entitlement. - Silas MU - 4/17 15:43:09




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