- Fox News and NY Post graphs respectively…
- Say what you want about the Iraq War – how it began, how efficiently it was managed, nation-building in the aftermath, prospects for the future of Iraq, ouster of a malicious dictator, etc…. eight years of it have now proven less costly than President Obama and a Liberal Democrat Congress’s stimulus? That’s what the CBO is reporting.
- Fox News:
- According to CBO numbers in its Budget and Economic Outlook published this month, the cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom was $709 billion for military and related activities, including training of Iraqi forces and diplomatic operations.
- The projected cost of the stimulus, which passed in February 2009, and is expected to have a shelf life of two years, was $862 billion.
The U.S. deficit for fiscal year 2010 is expected to be $1.3 trillion, according to CBO. That compares to a 2007 deficit of $160.7 billion and a 2008 deficit of $458.6 billion, according to data provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
In 2007 and 2008, the deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product was 1.2 percent and 3.2 percent, respectively.
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- The projected cost of the stimulus, which passed in February 2009, and is expected to have a shelf life of two years, was $862 billion.
You beat me to this one sir. So, if I get around to finishing my post on this, I’ll have to link to yours!
I can’t say that I really wrote much on the matter, so I have no doubt that Conservative Hideout 2.0 can do fleshing out. Look forward to it.
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