Think what this country could have done with $500 Billion. Thanks, Republicans. Link below; my emphasis.
"The overall cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other global anti-terror operations since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks will top $500 billion next year, according to congressional estimates and expectations of future funding.
The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said in a report that through the current fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the government will have spent $437 billion on overseas military and foreign aid funding. That includes the latest supplemental spending bill signed into law this month, which provided $69 billion for the war effort."
More at the link:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=34428&dcn=e_ndw