American Views Abroad

 
Congress raises the ceiling on the national debt according to the lead article in today's online Washington Post. More to the point it reports: 'Most of the House spending package, nearly $68 billion, would pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The legislation would push total war costs since September 11, 2001 to nearly $400 billion. Before the Iraq invasion in 2003, administration officials predicted that costs related to the war would total less than $100 billion.' http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Der Spiegel's International Site reports On Death and Taxes -- A visual look at where your taxes go at www.deviantart.com/view/9410862. Spiegel notes that according to the diagram $399 billion was spent on defense in 2004 compared to $383 billion for non-military needs.
http://www.spiegel.de/ - English site -- Spiegel Surfs the Web.
- posted by Gloria @ 7:07 PM