$3 Trillion Campaign Reveals The Cost Of Quagmire

Three trillion dollars is a lot of money. So much that it's hard to get your head around. You shouldn't feel bad about it, after all, John McCain can't seem to grasp the finer points of such a large amount of treasure, and he's a guy who wants to spend even more! Luckily, we have economist Joe Stiglitz around to break it down for us: $3 Trill is the amount our glorious Iraq War miasma is going to cost us, the dearest war since WWII.

And, as we have asserted, the cost of this war is a domestic issue. Still, it can be hard to put such a vast amount of money in strictly kitchen-table terms. But now, the people at Brave New Films have come up with a way to make it relatable: their Three Trillion Dollar Shopping Spree! Three trillion dollars would allow you to provide universal health care to all Americans, finish repairing the damage done by Katrina, end our dependence on foreign oil and treat yourself to a new Porsche 911 GT2 (go ahead, you've earned it!) - and you'll still have enough ($1.8 trillion) to buy the world a Coke.

And Joseph Stiglitz is a fan: "Just counting the zeroes on the $3 trillion price tag of the Iraq War is enough to induce hyperventilation. But what does $3 trillion really mean? It's difficult even to comprehend a number that big. Well, try filling your shopping cart with what the cost of the Iraq War could buy: healthcare for every American? A new home for every subprime borrower now facing foreclosure? An Ivy League university? You haven't even gotten started."

Comments

[DocJerome]

War profiteering is in full bloom.

[treadway123]

get me something new guys!