Saving American lives is what the whole war on terror is about, right?
Well if that were the true objective, it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to tell you that our money would be better spent elsewhere (don't worry guys, theres no "variables" involved). I don't have any exact figures, but I'm pretty good at estimating things on the fly. You guys with more time can work out the details.
Ok, so lets say 2500 people died in Sept. 11, and we have lost about 1000 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thats 1500 net people dead. Assuming that we are now 100% effective at preventing another attack on the scale of Sept 11th, I'll say we've spent around $150 billion dollars, maybe more (homeland security, extra military expentitures). That comes down to a rate of $100 million dollars a person (did you have to pull out a calculator?).
When you think of what that $150 billion could buy in terms of medical research, advances in auto safety, or alternative energy, you realize that our buck isn't going very far.
What do you think?
Well if that were the true objective, it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to tell you that our money would be better spent elsewhere (don't worry guys, theres no "variables" involved). I don't have any exact figures, but I'm pretty good at estimating things on the fly. You guys with more time can work out the details.
Ok, so lets say 2500 people died in Sept. 11, and we have lost about 1000 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thats 1500 net people dead. Assuming that we are now 100% effective at preventing another attack on the scale of Sept 11th, I'll say we've spent around $150 billion dollars, maybe more (homeland security, extra military expentitures). That comes down to a rate of $100 million dollars a person (did you have to pull out a calculator?).
When you think of what that $150 billion could buy in terms of medical research, advances in auto safety, or alternative energy, you realize that our buck isn't going very far.
What do you think?
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