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End the Financial Irresponsibility of the War in Iraq

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Donald Rumsfeld, in 2003, estimated that the cost of the war in Iraq would be $50 billion. Five years and more than $500 billion later, Iraq has turned into a sinkhole for American taxpayers. In fact, recent analysis indicates that the true cost of the war could easily top $1-2 trillion dollars!

That's more than any other war, except for World War II. Just think -- the war in Iraq has been more expensive than the anticipated cost of the U.S. implementing the Kyoto Protocol to control greenhouse gases ($300 billion).

Countless lives lost and massive fiscal irresponsibility to boot -- the entire affair has been one debacle after another. Demand that the U.S. better use its resources and return its troops home.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000

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The war in Iraq has proved far too costly and not just in terms of lives lost. In fact, recent analysis indicates that the true financial cost of the war could easily top $1-2 trillion dollars! That will make it the second most expensive war in the history of the United States.

The yearly cost of the war has doubled since the 2003 appropriation of $74 billion, which the Bush administration expected to be the total cost of the war. And these estimates don't necessarily account for all the potential expenses, including

* disability pay and health care costs of Iraqi war veterans for several decades;
* replacing worn or destroyed military equipment and resettling the armed forces; and
* paying interest on the debt used to finance the war.

[Your Comment]

To date, the war has cost $341.4 million per day. Worse, thousands of lives have been thrown away in a misguided, high-handed venture of the Bush Administration. I urge you to help the U.S. use its resources better and more importantly, bring our troops home.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “End the Financial Irresponsibility of the War in Iraq”!

# 150:

6:16 pm PDT, Jul 25, Christopher Pond, Florida

# 149:

6:05 pm PDT, Jul 25, Earl Rhodes, Arizona
we are doing more harm to the great United States economy an killing more of our troops off 1 by 1 we should never have been into Iraq but lies to the people and congress, the president did it lies and fraud he wanted it so he was going to do it not listening to UN he said he was going to do it no matter what UN said

# 148:

6:03 pm PDT, Jul 25, Mick Gill, Australia

# 147:

6:01 pm PDT, Jul 25, Nancy Johnson, North Carolina

# 146:

5:59 pm PDT, Jul 25, Virginia Meek, Ohio
The Iraq War was to have cost $50 billion, now it likely will be $2 trillion dollars. Does Congress wish to help Pres. Bush in Bankrupting the U.S.A.? Too many lives have been lost to-date. We don't care about losing this War, because it was begun by a misguided, high-handed venture of the Bush Administration. To save American lives is more important than to say "We Win".

# 145:

5:36 pm PDT, Jul 25, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 144:

5:35 pm PDT, Jul 25, Sally Turman, Florida

# 143:

5:13 pm PDT, Jul 25, Michael K. Smith, New York
How is the spending of such vast amounts of money on this war justifiable? The only really safe place to be in Iraq is the Green Zone---to which we have astonishingly appropriated funds for "niceties" like malls and even a golf course! All so that our own corporate employees getting rich off this war can feel "more at home" while most Iraqis still don't have clean water or electricity. Top that off with the incredible financial burden now saddling future generations of hard-working middle-class Americans and we have a financial crisis in our country of unprecedented proportions.

# 142:

5:08 pm PDT, Jul 25, Caroline Lewis, California

# 141:

5:02 pm PDT, Jul 25, Tom McCain, Washington

# 140:

5:00 pm PDT, Jul 25, Shane Nodurft, Illinois

# 139:

4:58 pm PDT, Jul 25, Gary Hemenway, Washington
to much lives and money lost

# 138:

4:57 pm PDT, Jul 25, Ed Buryn, California
Congress - WAKE UP!! Our country is going down the drain!!

# 137:

4:44 pm PDT, Jul 25, Fred St Clair, Florida
Stop funding a war that was predicated on lies that benefit big oil and kills and maimes our young soldiers.

# 136:

4:40 pm PDT, Jul 25, James Denison, California

# 135:

4:38 pm PDT, Jul 25, Vicki Redditt, Florida

# 134:

4:23 pm PDT, Jul 25, Name not displayed, Florida
To date, the war has cost $341.4 million per day. Worse, thousands of lives have been thrown away in a misguided, high-handed venture of the Bush Administration. I urge you to help the U.S. use its resources better and more importantly, bring our troops home. Sincerely, Carla Bylsma

# 133:

4:16 pm PDT, Jul 25, Richard Agee, California
IMPEACH BUSH NOW ! Why is it CONGRESS will not do there job ? Maybe there in on the take ?

# 132:

4:14 pm PDT, Jul 25, Matsi Yasei, Texas

# 131:

4:09 pm PDT, Jul 25, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 130:

4:08 pm PDT, Jul 25, Rebecca Matchett, Virginia

# 129:

4:07 pm PDT, Jul 25, Carol Spackey, Ohio

# 128:

3:59 pm PDT, Jul 25, Elise Miller, Colorado

# 127:

3:53 pm PDT, Jul 25, Ed Kraynak, Colorado
Would a congressman ignore their own family responsibilities, for healthcare, food, clothing, gasoline or paying any of their bills? Of course not, but they continue to "rob" the American public by stealing $'s that is needed here at home for education, food, infrastructure repair and replacement, job creation, alternative energy investment, etc. If a person were to mismanage their own finances as this Congress has mismanaged the American buget, the family would be bankrupt and out on the street. Take care of your own people first Congress, because when we are all left w/out work, there will be no one left paying taxes.

# 126:

3:52 pm PDT, Jul 25, David Stenberg, Washington

# 125:

3:45 pm PDT, Jul 25, Name not displayed, Hawaii
The cost of the war is atrocious and it is breaking down the American economy. Add the greedy mortgage bankers and people like me are watching years of hard work disappear because I can't make ends meet. The value of my home is upside down for my mortgage. You should be fixing the American economy instead of pushing for oil at the expense of human lives.

# 124:

3:38 pm PDT, Jul 25, Casey Carroll, Oregon

# 123:

3:35 pm PDT, Jul 25, Elynor Sandoval, Texas

# 122:

3:35 pm PDT, Jul 25, Dominique Marquez, California

# 121:

3:30 pm PDT, Jul 25, Susanna Orr, Texas

# 120:

3:30 pm PDT, Jul 25, James Stout, Florida

# 119:

3:11 pm PDT, Jul 25, Nick McGuire, Ohio

# 118:

2:24 pm PDT, Jul 25, April Gregor, Virginia

# 117:

1:48 pm PDT, Jul 25, Brian Reynolds, New Jersey

# 116:

1:24 pm PDT, Jul 25, Yvette Monnet, France

# 115:

10:43 am PDT, Jul 25, Rhonda Fazenbaker, Maryland

# 114:

10:22 am PDT, Jul 25, Lisa Tyree, California
I'm concerned about what state we'd leave the Iraqis in if we were to pull out now, but I've come to the likely conclusion that this guerilla war we've been fighting with the suicide bombers would hopefully stop if we did in fact pull out. There should be no opposition then to doing what this petition asks.

# 113:

9:55 am PDT, Jul 25, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
So much money lost .With these money you can built hospitals,schools,anything that people need it.

# 112:

8:49 am PDT, Jul 25, John Miller, Illinois

# 111:

8:40 am PDT, Jul 25, Judy Shaw, Arizona

# 110:

6:57 am PDT, Jul 25, Alice Olivo, Italy

# 108:

6:36 am PDT, Jul 25, Mark Kiernan, Italy

# 107:

6:29 am PDT, Jul 25, Mary Detrick, Florida

# 106:

2:37 am PDT, Jul 25, Torok Tamas, Romania

# 105:

1:09 am PDT, Jul 25, Joseph Daut, Washington

# 104:

12:31 am PDT, Jul 25, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 103:

11:48 pm PDT, Jul 24, Sophi Zimmerman, Texas
We are not taking care of our own people here. This war is a waste of time and valuable personnel. Focus on Afganistan and get out of Iraq.

# 102:

11:04 pm PDT, Jul 24, Nancy Cohen, Pennsylvania

# 101:

10:38 pm PDT, Jul 24, Erica Maranowski, Oregon

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