[lbo-talk] weak ties

[Peter Fay]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:45 PM, brad <babscritique at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, in case you
> missed it, it was Dem statehouse members who fled to attempt to stop
> the attack on collective bargaining rights.  I really don't understand
> the point about the wars, sure some Dems voted for the Iraq war, but
> most did not and it was a Republican plan.

PF:
Some?  58% of Senate Democrats and 39% of House Democrats voted for the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Resolution
Following that, almost all Democrats voted for funding of the war.


> According to this analysis only about $2.125 trillion of the debt is
> due to the two wars or only about 12% of the additional federal
> spending since our last surplus spending year of 2000.
>
> PF:

Then your estimate is even higher than the more conservative estimate I
used: http://costofwar.com/en/

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Peter Fay
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