Would you like 5 million dollars ?

Which would you rather have? $900 billion dollars to go to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by the year 2010, or $5 million dollars in your own pocket?

The Senate recently voted to give President Bush $50 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. military efforts against terrorism, money that would push total spending for the operations beyond $350 billion. In a 97-0 vote, our Senate signed off on the money as part of a $445 billion military spending bill for the budget year that began Oct. 1.

None of this money is earmarked for newer and better equipment for our soldiers.

The Congressional Research Service, which writes reports for lawmakers, says the Pentagon is spending about $6 billion a month for Iraq and $1 billion for Afghanistan, and war costs could total $570 billion by the end of 2010. This is in addition to the already spent $311 billion. All told, by the end of the year twenty ten, over $900 billion dollars will be spent on these wars. A Trillion US Tax dollars spent on lies.

Think about this – Our government could have given each and every United States citizen $5 million dollars each, for what it is costing to run these ill-conceived wars.

Which would you rather have?