George Bush is asking Congress for ANOTHER $142.3 BILLION for the war in Iraq. This brings the total amount requested by the White House this year alone to $189.3 billion and the estimated total cost of the war so far is $650 Billion. When the Bush Administration received the keys to the White House we had a surplus. We are now insolvent with a national debt of more than $9,000,000,000 (that’s $9 Trillion in case the zeros are too dizzying). Regardless of what each of us thinks of the motives or the potential outcome for the war we cannot afford it. We are now hearing reports speculating that Dick Cheney has his sites set on Iran. Even if we put aside the countless valid reasons to leave the rest of the world alone and look only at the finances we simply cannot afford another war, much less the two we have now.
Perhaps the overwhelming majority of Americans are not speaking loudly enough. We want out of Iraq … now. The majority of Americans did not want a war. The remainder was defrauded by lies and deception. We elected a new party to serve in the majority of Congress. They have done nothing other than to continue the rhetoric. It’s time we do more than just vote. We must call our representatives in Congress, write letters, send faxes and insist on fiscal responsibility. If they fail, we must vote them out until they listen.
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