The Iraq war, for $100 month
By Bill Adair
St. Petersburg Times
SUMMARY: Sen. Barack Obama says the war costs each household about $100 per month. We do the math and find he's right.
The cost of the Iraq war has often been expressed in billions or trillions, numbers so big and abstract they remind us of Carl Sagan's description of the universe (“billions and billions of stars…”).
The candidates have cited alternative uses for the war money, saying it would have been better spent on health coverage for the uninsured (Sen. Hillary Clinton) or on more school teachers (Sen. Barack Obama).
In a speech on March 20, 2008, Obama took a different approach and emphasized the personal cost of the war.
“When Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month, you’re paying a price for this war,” he said in the speech in Charleston, W.Va.
(Continued here.)
St. Petersburg Times
SUMMARY: Sen. Barack Obama says the war costs each household about $100 per month. We do the math and find he's right.
The cost of the Iraq war has often been expressed in billions or trillions, numbers so big and abstract they remind us of Carl Sagan's description of the universe (“billions and billions of stars…”).
The candidates have cited alternative uses for the war money, saying it would have been better spent on health coverage for the uninsured (Sen. Hillary Clinton) or on more school teachers (Sen. Barack Obama).
In a speech on March 20, 2008, Obama took a different approach and emphasized the personal cost of the war.
“When Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month, you’re paying a price for this war,” he said in the speech in Charleston, W.Va.
(Continued here.)
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