"John Byrns" wrote in message
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In article , "Mark Oppat"
wrote:

Iraq, geez, when will we learn???

I just heard that the war has cost every taxpayer about $27,000. That
will
have to be paid off over how many years now of deficits and cuts in
services?

Are you sure about that number, it sounds a little high? What has the
monetary cost of the war been up to this point, and how many taxpayers
does it assume?

ignoring any personal feelings i have against the war for other reasons:

lets say its high. lets say that is more than twice as high as what it is.
lets say its only 10,000 per taxpayer. do you pay taxes? how many years
would it take you to pay 10,000 in taxes if they jacked your taxes by
500/year? do you want to pay 500 more a year for the next 20 years just to
pay for this war? if mark is right, thats 1300 a year more for 20 years....

whatever the cost, its high and we still need a plan to pay it off.

randy