Saturday, August 25, 2007

Iraq (Just the Facts)

Total American Solders Dead (In Iraq)- 3752

2007 War Spending in Iraq - $450,000,000
- That is 43,608.87 Miles of dollar bills placed end to end

2008 Budget proposal for Iraq - $567,000,000
- That is 54,957.18 Miles of dollar bills placed end to end

Total Iraq War Spending - $455,111,000,000 and Counting Fast
- That is 44,104,176.76 Miles of dollar bills placed end to end
- You can go around the Earth 1,771+ Times
- You can go around every planet including Pluto 56+ Times
- If you were on mercury you can reach the sun at is furthest distance and
still have $7,472,779,986.44 to spare
- That is $1,503.52 donated by every American with the population so far 302,696,600

1 comment:

PBob said...

The population of Iraq (1997 estimate) is 22,219,289. If we paid each one $20,482 we would not have had to go there at all. That would be $455,111,000,000/22,219,289. Go to the website below for the updated cost of the war.

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/
Cost-of-War/Cost-of-War-3.html