Iraq or 40 gallons of Gas per Family per Month…You Decide
Let’s start with some basic numbers:
We spend $3,000,000,000 per week in Iraq or $12,000,000,000 per month for military operations, reconstruction, contracts to private companies, and gas to keep the military going.
There are 300,000,000 million Americans
Gas is $4.00 a gallon
$12,000,000,000/$4.00 = 3,000,000,000 gallons of gas
$3,000,000,000 gallons of gas/ 300,000,000 Americans = 10 gallons of gas for every American per month.
The average family is 2 parents and 2 kids thus that would be 40 gallons of gas per month per American family.
We’ve already borrowed the money from China and Saudi Arabia to invade and occupy Iraq and Afghanistan…why not borrow more money to provide American families some relief this summer? Why is it ok to dump hundreds of billions of dollars overseas but not here at home?
$9 trillion debt or $18 trillion debt…does it even matter any more??
The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan are the major source of why our economy is tanking. It's led to massive borrowing, deficit spending, decreased domestic spending, and sky rocketing oil prices.
Until we are out of Iraq and Afghanistan I say every American family should get 40 gallons of free gas every month to help offset the burden the American People are shouldering. The first month is already paid for if Congress and the Bush/Cheney regime would just get off their ass and find the $12 billion that went 'missing' in Iraq.
Comments
Chimpy and the CONgress (people like DINO Feinstein) already know where a lot of that money went. Don't expect any big investigations until most of these jerks have been sent packing.
Posted by: JollyRoger | June 18, 2008 01:03 PM
Man you are brave! I was a cost accounting manager and I wouldn't touch that well yes I would but does that mean if I have another kid I get another 10 gallons a month? Keep them coming! Anyway war is all that matters! We are really just a pain that won't go away. The idiots new proposals are garbage and would only help the oil industry and do not5hing for the price of oil or gas. I think it was weaseldog that had a good post on this today! Anyway funding these just beginning wars is all that matters. This really stinks!
Posted by: Jim | June 18, 2008 01:27 PM
You know if this happened, the offset would be bread at $3/loaf and milk at $6/gallon.
I hate to disagree with JollyRoger, but I don't ever expect any investigations. We'll have to heal as a nation, you know.
Posted by: Randal Graves | June 18, 2008 02:29 PM
Hi Randal, how would subsidizing gas for American families lead to higher milk and bread cost?
We're getting fucking nothing out of Iraq.
I still remain hopeful that there will be some investigations and prosecutions but I understand your pessimism. Democrats seem unwilling to committ to oversight and don't have the balls to stand up to Bush/Cheney Republicans.
Posted by: PoliShifter | June 18, 2008 02:51 PM
Look at all the supposed investigations going on now and nothing is solved. As long as Bush and his Barons of Oil are enabled by the Pelosi's and Feinsteins of the world, all is futile.
Posted by: Larry | June 18, 2008 06:29 PM
The economic costs of the war in Iraq are staggering. We simply can't afford to keep up this insane effort.
Posted by: libhomo | June 21, 2008 06:49 PM