The True Costs of Our Military Incursions 3/2/2008 9:44:04 AM Our military incursions into Iraq and Afghanistan have been more costly than anyone is admitting. If you remember, during the the build-up Bush said this would cost us no more than $50 billion. (USA Today) Yeah. Right. It's now the second most expensive in U.S. history (WWII the most expensive) and the second longest (Vietnam the longest). And let's get this right. To call... Read More Topics:   iraq, debt, Afghanistan, Costs, Stiglitz Posted by  The Wonk View Comments - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute The Bush Budget 2/5/2008 3:04:08 PM Bush has released his budget request for fiscal year 2009. The Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) runs from October 1st to September 30th. As predicted, his budget is for $3.1 trillion and he projects it will leave a deficit of more than $400 billion in both fiscal years. This budget represents the most irresponsible spending since Ronald Reagan and even surpasses that. The budget... Read More Topics:   budget, bush, debt, deficit Posted by  The Wonk View Comments - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute   Links Home Get Blog Widget Recent Posts The Peter Principle Tin Foil Hats The Liberty City Seven Revamping Immigration Policy Passport Peepers Tibet The Baghdad Taj Majal Conservatives and the Economic Crisis The Economy Sucks Will the House Cave In? The True Costs of Our Military Incursions The Bush Library and Institute The Don Siegelman Story Nader for President The Evolution of FISA More on the Walk-Out Congrats to the House Congressional Hearings The House FISA Shenanigans The Senate FISA Bill To become a blogger on the blog you must subscribe to The Issue Wonk. Please click here to subscribe. Most Read Osama bin Laden-Dead or Alive? Have You Had Enough? Lieberman-Kyl Amendment John "Pat" Philbin The New NIE Report Topics bush (7) FISA (7) telecommunications (6) Clinton (5) government news article (3) immunity (3) Iran (3) Obama (3) subscription service (3) us government news (3) warrantless surveillance (3) debt (2) Economy (2) Gonzales (2) health insurance (2) illegal wiretapping (2) iraq (2) Krongard (2) McCain (2) Protect America Act (2) Reagan (2) spying (2) torture (2) War (2) 60 Minutes (1) 9/11 (1) Afghanistan (1) airport security (1) al Qaeda (1) Alberto Gonzales (1) Andrew Natsios (1) Arlen Specter (1) automatic targeting system (1) average income (1) b-52s (1) Baghdad Iraq embassy (1) Barak Obama (1) Barksdale (1) Bear Stearns (1) Benazir Bhutto (1) Archives 2008 May April March February January 2007 December November October September August RSS Feed Atom Feed