Iraq&#39;s Costs for US Families, Taxpayers Go Beyond Spending
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For Barbara and Warner Shingleton, the cost of the Iraq war goes beyond the $140 billion the US has approved for the fighting and reconstruction of the country.
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About six months before the United States invaded Iraq, then-White House economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey famously estimated that the war would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion. The prediction ended up being way too low: As of Sept. 30, congressional analysts recently estimated, the...
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CHICAGO, Sept. 21 -- The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on la...
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The US death toll in Iraq, having pushed past the symbolic 1,000 mark, has overtaken the situation in the country and was splashed on front pages of papers across the United States with the US presidential race nearing its home stretch.
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UNITED STATES WASHINGTON -- The United States and its major economic allies struggled yesterday to resolve deep differences over how to relieve the heavy debt burden for Iraq and the world's poorest countries. Debt relief and broader topics of international finance topped the agenda for finance officials attending committee meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Treasury ...
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WASHINGTON : The United States is to shift more than three billion dollars in aid to Iraq from reconstruction programs to largely beefing up security, US officials said as violence flaring over Iraq spiked in the past two weeks.
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President Bush and Congress are headed toward another showdown on war spending, this time sparring over nearly $190 billion the Pentagon says is needed to keep combat in Iraq afloat for another year.
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A spate of plays are examining both the political and human costs of the war in Iraq
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The best film so far about the cost of war in Iraq
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Anti-war House members are urging colleagues to set a "clear timeline" for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, challenging Democrats to assume the political risk of ending the war. Leaders of the "Out of Iraq Caucus"  argue that costs of the war have become "unsustainable," damaging efforts to battle terrorism and costing more than $8 billion a month.
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New Pentagon estimates of the Iraqi insurgency&#39;s numbers and funding reveal a military challenge vastly more daunting than anything planned for.
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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost as much as $2.4 trillion through the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. The White House brushed off the analysis as "speculation."
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Iraq could plunge into still deeper  chaos unless billions of dollars the international community  has pledged for rebuilding are spent quickly, the Baghdad  government will warn this week.
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An outspoken supporter of the Iraq war on Tuesday called for a new tax to pay for its astronomical cost as Congress opened a debate on President George W. Bush's $2.9 trillion budget plan for next year.
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While Democrats try to restrict how President Bush can spend the $100 billion he wants for Iraq, they also hope to load his measure up with $10 billion in add-ons &#151; from aid for avocado growers to help for children lacking health insurance.
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Spending may increase 25 percent next year, pushing total costs for Iraq and Afghanistan to over $200 billion.
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Think of the uses of $300 billion, the annual gap between what taxpayers owe and what they pay. It would more than cover the federal deficit for a year or the extra money President Bush wants in 2007 and 2008 for Iraq and Afghanistan.