1.0 link 138631 <![CDATA[The Subpriming of Iraq]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mcconnell/the-subpriming-of-iraq_b_138631.html One consolation to the eye-popping $700 billion price tag of the bailout package is that compared to the cost of the Iraq war, it's a bargain.

The American Friends Service Committee, following the research of Nobel Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard researcher Linda Bilmes, has calculated that the war is costing U.S. taxpayers $720 million per day. This cost includes the day-to-day operations, the interest on money borrowed to prosecute the war and the cost of medical treatment for returning...

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