The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? (Gift Article)
It exceeds the annual budgets of numerous federal agencies, and the Pentagon’s yearly budget for munitions.
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"It amounts to around $190 for every U.S. household. It means that, in two months of war, the Pentagon has spent down more than its annual budget for munitions."
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NYT Analysis | Whether or not the war in Iran is illegal or a grave mistake, at least it has not cost as much as feeding the growing number of poor people impacted by rising inflation. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The NYT is reporting the Pentagon number as fact.
It’s too much already. If everything stopped in its tracks tomorrow, the cost of this venture would continue to rise likely doubling or tripling through arms replacement procurement and the numerous post conflict costs, not to mention economic damage done. #resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue #TrumpsWar
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Costs of War’s Stephanie Savell talked to the New York Times about accounting for the full costs of war beyond Pentagon estimates. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... It's not 25 billion it's 50 billion you can't believe a fucking word that leaky Pete says🤨
NYT reports 2 months of war in Iran cost $25B,exactly NASA’s annual budget. While DOGE guts the U.S. as a "safe haven" for science & culture in the name of "efficiency," our future is being traded for munitions. This isn't saving; it's liquidating our progress to fund destruction. gift
In two months of war, the Pentagon has spent down more than its annual budget for munitions. And the tab is still open.
Is an expensive and unpopular war a bad idea for the country's morale and economy? The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? By Margot Sanger-Katz, Alicia Parlapiano and Emily Badger. "Travis Sharp ... said in an email. “The tab is still open.”" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... can we really afford a ballroom right now??
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Respect for the law has gotten so low that people are even violating Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.
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“And of course the war, now in a fragile cease-fire, is not over. “To state the obvious, $25 billion is not the final bill,” Travis Sharp, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said in an email. “The tab is still open.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The "peace president" intends to take money from ordinary Americans so he can spend more money on his wars. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
$25 billion is similar to: The annual budget of NASA. Spending on military aid to Israel after Oct. 7. Spending by U.S.A.I.D. before it was disbanded. The cost to expand Obamacare subsidies for one year. #NoMoreWars www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@nytimes.com provides useful context for what Pentagon says has been spent so far on Iran war, comparing to other Gov spending Given Times' capabilities for detailed data analysis, like to see sense check of $25B number, as it seems low Rescue of downed airmen alone is reported to have cost $1-2B
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The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... “It exceeds the annual budgets of numerous federal agencies. It amounts to around $190 for every U.S. household. …in two months of war, the Pentagon has spent down more than its annual budget for munitions.”
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What $25 Billion Spent on the War in Iran Really Means www.nytimes.com/interactive/... — Here’s what this extremely expensive and highly unnecessary war means financially for the country and for every American.
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$25 billion is similar to: The annual budget of NASA. Spending on military aid to Israel after Oct. 7. Spending by U.S.A.I.D. before it was disbanded. The cost to expand Obamacare subsidies for one year. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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$25 billion can purchase about 20 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar & 15 GW of supporting grid-scale battery storage. Reduce the need for crude oil by as much as 700,000 barrels per day. Also, 2 months of war compared to a year of the others is apples & oranges. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is a gross underestimate. The costs of care for veterans, the cost for replacement hardware, the cost for transport to and from the was zone: all of these costs will make the total more than a trillion.
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The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Does anyone believe this estimate ?. $25B is the smallest amount they could say and remain somewhat credible. The actual amount is probably three or 4 times as much, methinks.
Go ahead, GOP scum, explain how we never have enough money for children, senior citizens, food, healthcare, schools, vaccines, roads and bridges, or anything besides war. Vote the GOP out of existence. —— The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Fuentes: Nasa: www.planetary.org/space-policy... Ucrania: www.state.gov/policy-issue... Gaza: www.worldbank.org/ext/en/count... Gasto EEUU en Irán: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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