A billion here, a billion there... Pretty soon it starts to add up to some real money

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Three-hundred-fifteen billion dollars ...

This is the amount of money the US has allocated for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to be spent by September 30, 2006, the end of the fiscal year. And the Senate is working on a spending bill that will add another $50 billion more in spending for 2007.

This pile is 125 feet wide, 200 feet deep, and 450 feet tall.

450 feet is the height of a 38-story building. It's the hieght of the Millenium Wheel in London. It is also the height of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas and the Louisiana State Capitol Building.

If you were to stack the money in a single stack, your stack would be 19,887 miles tall, enough to wrap the Moon at its equator almost 3 times.

-Internet

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Forgot to attach the picture. There's a man of height equal to that of an average American man and a compact car next to the pile in order to facilitate visual comparison.

"Our administration is concerned about deficits, and the way they deal with deficits is you want to control spending. And I hope Congress lives up to their words. When they talk about deficits, they can join us in making sure we don't overspend. They can join us and make sure that the appropriations process is focused on those issues that -- those items that are absolutely necessary to the American people. I'm pleased that members of the Congress are talking about deficits. It means they understand their obligations not to overspend the people's money."

[2pac Shakur]

Originally Posted by 2pac Shakur

With $513billion, we could just wrap all our soldiers in 10 inch thick body armor made of hundred dollar bills.
But then, how would the contractors get their cut?

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Originally Posted by 2pac Shakur

With $513billion, we could just wrap all our soldiers in 10 inch thick body armor made of hundred dollar bills.
But then, how would the contractors get their cut?

10 inch thick Dollar bill suits are not very comfortable at the heat of the battle.

I'm glad that Iraq doesn't have WMDs anymore. Iraq is no longer a threat to America. Millions of Iraqis are enjoying their "Freedom". It's a win-win situation.