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BigFish 02-28-2009 09:07 AM

Who Is Paying The Bill?!!
 
Who exactly is paying the bill for our involvement in Iraq??? Is the Iraqi government kicking in or are we paying the entire fair??!!!:huh: Obama says he wants to remove half the forces by next August however we will still need to supply the Iraqi's with weaponry.......are they paying for these items???:cens:

spence 02-28-2009 09:27 AM

You are.

It's funny too because the high oil prices have made the Iraqi government a lot of money, I think they were looking at a 70B+ surplus last year.

Of course the same people who got us into this mess, who are spending hundreds of billions to rebuild a country who probably won't like us very much in the end...seem to be quite reluctant to spend money to nation build here at home.

Spending for Iraqi children = spreading freedom
Spending for American children = socialism

-spence

BigFish 02-28-2009 09:59 AM

I say pull every last American soldier from there today and take care of our own here at home!!!!!!!:bs:

fishaholic18 02-28-2009 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BigFish (Post 669499)
I say pull every last American soldier from there today and take care of our own here at home!!!!!!!:bs:

Nope.....Nuke it and claim it....http://img124.echo.cx/img124/3829/sc1093ss.gif

striperman36 02-28-2009 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spence (Post 669484)
You are.

It's funny too because the high oil prices have made the Iraqi government a lot of money, I think they were looking at a 70B+ surplus last year.

Of course the same people who got us into this mess, who are spending hundreds of billions to rebuild a country who probably won't like us very much in the end...seem to be quite reluctant to spend money to nation build here at home.

Spending for Iraqi children = spreading freedom
Spending for American children = socialism

-spence

The GOP mongers at work again amazing

buckman 02-28-2009 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spence (Post 669484)
You are.

70B+ surplus last year.


-spence


70 Billion, That's pocket change. What the hell can you buy with 70 billion?

spence 02-28-2009 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckman (Post 669653)
70 Billion, That's pocket change. What the hell can you buy with 70 billion?

Pocket change by Congressional standards, but that's more than their GDP before we invaded!

-spence

Raven 02-28-2009 07:49 PM

correct me
 
if i'm wrong.........

but i think the figure was 79 billion

so they can pay for Russian weapons:gu:

justplugit 03-01-2009 02:57 PM

At the very least they should be paying us back with some free oil. :(

Cost right now about $600 billion.

Nebe 03-02-2009 11:02 PM

just so everyone knows- each of us, if we pooled our money together to pay off our national debt, would have to fork over 35 grand. :1poke:

JohnnyD 03-02-2009 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justplugit (Post 669836)
At the very least they should be paying us back with some free oil. :(

Cost right now about $600 billion.

That was one of the "selling points" on Iraq.
I believe the "plan" was:
-invade Iraq
-secure the country
-find those WMDs Saddam is stockpiling (where are those anyway)
-secure the oil production sites
-receive highly discounted oil
-rejoice that we spread democracy and took down an evil dictator

Backbeach Jake 03-03-2009 06:26 AM

We, our kids, our grandkids, and out great grandkids will be paying this bill.

PaulS 03-03-2009 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 670255)
just so everyone knows- each of us, if we pooled our money together to pay off our national debt, would have to fork over 35 grand. :1poke:

I say bill us, then people will have a really idea what the debt is.


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