Facing a War Without End
The Iraq war has cost too much, first and foremost in lives: 2,700 U.S.
soldiers dead, 21,000 wounded, 46,000 Iraqi civilians killed—-and
counting. The many other costs of the war are huge and rising. Iraqi society
is in chaos. Electricity isn’t working and people die daily from unsafe
drinking water. Violence continues to escalate.
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Cost of the Iraq War |
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The monetary cost of the war adds to the bills piling up at home. U.S.
government spending has brought us to the point where your personal share
of the national debt is now over $26,000. This debt is bankrupting our
nation and threatening our children’s future. Wisconsin leads the nation
in increasing poverty, and 41% of Milwaukee’s children are poor, many
of whom are African American and Hispanic.
The government says there is no money for Social Security, education
and healthcare. Yet, Congress gave huge tax cuts to the rich. At a time
when working people are struggling just to pay bills, the wealthy have
never had it better. The $10 billion spent monthly on the Iraq war, along
with the vast sums given to the wealthy is money that won’t be spent on
human needs at home. It won’t be spent on public schools, health care,
affordable housing, infrastructure repairs, living wages, and environmental
protection.
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