Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard budget expert Linda Bilmes plan to present this week a paper estimating the cost of the Iraq War at between $1-2 trillion. This is far higher than earlier estimates of $100-200 billion. (tip: http://www.thinkprogress.org/)
My bolding. For more of this depressing information go here:
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2006/1/5/11510/30624
America has its priorities extremely out of whack. Let's hope the "mainstream media" is all over this story this coming week.
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