How much is this botched war costing us?
From the National Priorities Project, who base their data on congressional appropriations, the up-to-the-minute total is $339 billion. As for 2006, the current estimate is $100.4 billion. From zfacts:
The US budget for Iraq in FY 2006 comes to $3,749/Iraqi. This is more than double their per person GDP. It's like spending $91,000 per person in the US. Why not just bribe the whole country?
Let's make some comparisons. All figures are in billions of dollars:
War in Iraq FY2006: 100.4
NSF budget 2006: 5.6
NIH budget 2006: 28.7
Department of Education FY2006: 56.9
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