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Old 09-25-2008, 06:19 AM   #19 (permalink)
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well just think how much the invasion of Iraq was supposed to cost us and what it ended up costing...
initially i wondered whether this is relevent to this situation. the funding of the irak offensive, effectively retained the tax monies within private US entities, ie. the dollar went to US companies who work in efforts of warfare; McDonnell-D, Halliburton and Black water etc...

but then i suppose this is the exact same thing, being applied to the economic war machine. in essence, it is all the privatisation of public funds.

this has always been the case be it for terrorism irradication, space exploration or economic stability.
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