Friday, November 17, 2006

Money Well Spent?

Cost of the Iraq War - about $11 million dollars per hour!

Number of 5 year NIH medical research grants that could be funded with that amount of spending per day?

Well over 120 grants (including overhead costs).

UPDATE: Congress has already approved $70 billion dollars for the war in 2007. Looks like with the 'last big push' they will need another $127 -160 billion dollars.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is probably terrible of me because I can't remember where I saw it (Newsweek - that most unbiased of all sources, perhaps?) but I see that the cost of the war is now being called into question. Apparently the amount spent doesn't add up - especially when compared to the profits several American companies have made "rebuilding" Iraq. Ends justifying the means?