Cost of War to the United States (read: TAXPAYERS) : $1,426,191,425,255 since 2011.

Jeremy Entwistle ‏@jwentwistle

Cost of War to the United States: $1,426,191,425,255 since 2011. http://bit.ly/13A3Xdy


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(This is a real-time update on overall spending on war, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan, and you may select the United States overall or by state's spending. Of course, the 0.01% are raking it in through Halliburton-like overcharging, etc. Permanent war budgets...)