Lindy wrote: "We were already cutting back on state run programs, education, unemployment , the veterans program, homeland security, and every other conceivable expenditure just to pay for this war"

Don't forget the tax cut.

Speaking of that tax cut....
Me and my gal do pretty durn good, 'specially since I have only been in the labor force a few years since getting my masters. I just got my first paycheck that reflects this great champion-of-the-midddle-class tax cut, and how much do you think I got back? What riches are flowing now?

About 1 meal out for the two of us at our favorite joint, per month, for my check. Less for hers.

Hazard a guess at what folks making over 6 figures are getting back?

;-)

In the end, its not the war that is driving our nation into financial ruin- its the Tax Cuts coupled with an economic 'plan' that hasn't been seens since the days of SNL de-regulation. You do remember that Republican fiasco, right?

And the billions-a-month that we spend in recondtruction is nothing compared to the wear-and-tear on our military resources. That 'hidden' cost of the war won't really be felt directly for awhile yet.

Davin L.