Back to what they are so good at, over decades now, wanting wars thus creating the needed hatreds against our country and citizens of, not demanding 'Sacrifice', it's much easier to lay blame on the VA especially from those who are voting on the funds for, for those serving and sent into their invasions and occupations of choice, when they return home, but oh lets increase that defense budget more!
June 10, 2011 - A billion can be a big number to wrap one's head around. If you had a billion dollars in $1000 bills, the stack would weigh 2,200 pounds!
This year, we'll spend $170 billion to keep troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I think that's a handy weigh of expressing big numbers. It works out to $465 million each and very day, or $19.4 million per hour.
Last week, The Hill reported that the Obama administration "might have thrown a wrench into Senate Democratic plans to pass what they see as a jobs bill — by implying the bill spends too much money." (You gotta love The Hill -- they write that Democrats 'see it as a jobs bill,' but the bill in question would increase the budget for the the Public Works and Economic Development Administration, which directly creates jobs.) At issue is a difference of $175 million in funding, which is what it costs to keep troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for 9 hours.
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