Every dollar spent in Iraq is a dollar we don’t have to spend here, not only repairing our own bridges, roads, and water and sewage systems, but also to give Americans access to health insurance and children access to good schools, fully funding Social Security and Medicare, investing in non-carbon based energy sources and green technologies, and borrowing less from abroad.
The real economic cost of the Iraqi War doesn’t show in the business cycle, and it's not responsible for the current recession. The real economic cost will show up years from now in a standard of living that most Americans will find significantly lower than they might otherwise have enjoyed.
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