Robert Greenwald directs us to this website, How Much Did You Pay for War THIS YEAR. It’s a project of Rethink Afghanistan and the calculation proports to be for that war only. But the small print indicates the results include ‘other military spending’, so it’s a bit manipulative though not dishonest. Even if it counts every paperclip in the Pentagon, it’s stunning. I calculated a few using ‘single’ as status..
EARNED $40k? You paid $1694. Using this year’s cost as an average, that means since 2001, you paid almost $17,000.
EARNED $50K? You paid $2379. Using this year’s cost as an average, that means since 2001, you paid almost $24,000.
EARNED $70K? You paid $3749. Using this year’s cost as an average, that means since 2001, you paid almost $40,000.
Since I’m on the subject – today is the 181st day of the tenth year of that war. We are now 184 days away from the 11th year.
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
You are on a roll!
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