Monday, April 18, 2011

A shitty little war with a big ass price

On this last day to file your tax return, whether you are paying more or getting back your overpayment, you might want to consider where too much of your tax dollars are going, The Amalgamated George W Bush Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pretty important sounding name for a pair of shitty little wars that never should have begun. The group Rethink Afghanistan has compiled the figures.

The group, a project of the Brave New Foundation, has created a Cost of War calculator, allowing Americans to figure out how much of their tax dollars are going toward the war, based on their income and filing status.

For example, a single person making $40,000 in 2010 essentially paid $1,694 for the war. A married couple filing jointly and earning a combined $100,000 has $4,757 of their tax dollars going toward the effort.

The United States is spending more than $100 billion a year in Afghanistan, amounting to about $2 billion a week.

The Defense Department received $513 billion in funding in the FY 2011 continuing resolution, approximately $5 billion above last year's level. Another $158 billion is provided for overseas contingency operations (emergency funding). The war in Afghanistan will receive $108 billion of that funding, while the war in Iraq will receive $50 billion.

According to one Member of Congress, "We can't pay our bills here, yet we're spending $8 billion a month in Afghanistan," Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.). Think how many people could be fed, clothed and housed, as Jesus would want, if we brought that money home. How many people could be educated, roads and water and sewer systems rebuilt if we weren't wasting $100 Billion a year in an ungovernable shithole run by thieves of our own making.

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