767 Billion Dollars

The Secretary of Defense has just asked for 190 billion dollars in new funding for the War on Terrorism. The War on Terrorism is just like the War on Drugs. We had a War on Drugs and now there is no more drugs. So, soon (any day now!), we'll have no more terrorism!

Anyway, if the 190 billion is approved, then that brings the total spent on this war to 767 billion dollars. That's right, within shooting distance of 1 TRILLION dollars.

So, now when the Republicans tell me that we can't have a universal healthcare system in this country because "it would cost too much"... I just laugh at them. Apparently, we had 767 billion dollars lying around just waiting to be spent on something... now we choose to spend that money on killing people, why couldn't we have spent it on universal healthcare? I would have much preferred that option.

Sigh, almost 1 TRILLION dollars completely wasted. Every American should be ashamed.

Ken