Would $85 billion help the American people with their higher living costs?

Question

The US government spent $85billion between 2003 and 2007 on contractors for services in support of the Iraq war and reconstruction a report says.

And by the end of 2008, spending is likely to top $100billion a review by the Congressional Budget Office found.

Thats 85,000,000,000 dollars.

Actually you could have given a quarter of the entire US population $1000 each to help them with their higher living costs to get them through the economic problems.

The poorest 25% , 82 million people , could have had $1000 each - to take just a little pressure off them.

Wouldn't that help ?

Here's a link to the report:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/america...

Answer 1

Your government voted for by you....real democracy at its best ..idiots!!

Answer 2

Don't know, but it has certainly helped Cheney and his cronies now and when they retire.  

Answer 3

$85,000,000,000 dollars over 5 years isn't a blip on the screen.

I understand your point is that Iraq was a bad investment but you don't know what the return on that investment is going to be just yet.

According to the irs data in 2007 138,893,908 tax filings were made in 2007so assuming each filer got the same amount back every year for the past five years $145 extra dollars a year. I know every one out their would have used that $750 to fix the world except in Iraq.

Let me tell you something $145 dollars a year to keep Uday and his brother from raping and killing a daughter mother sister or wife was a d**n good deal.

And you think $1000 dollars is going to "help" the poorest in the country? How about they work 200 hours of over time they would get more from that. They aren't poor cause the government didn't give them enough. They are poor cause they don't know how to make or keep money.

Answer 4

You need to take into account what a terrorism attack costs the U.S.

Answer 5

If the value of the dollar is scarce. Yes it's ok but it's not even a drop in the bucket to help out anyone!  

Answer 6

$85 billion would help anybody and anything; the war has done no good that would overshadow all the bad.

Answer 7

Nice thought but the deciders don't think like you.

Answer 8

it is a good start

Answer 9

I am sure it will.

Answer 10

It's a global issue now. I would like to know who is benefiting from it all because you know for d**n sure that someone is.

Answer 11

It would have been better invested in transforming cities with poor public transportation (like Houston, Texas) into public transportation friendly cities.