You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

…pretty soon you’re talking about real money. George’s little Iraq adventure is now costing us $5,900,000,000 per month. Afghanistan operations add another $1B/month. Taken together, annual spending for the two wars will reach $117.6 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 — 18% above funding for the prior 12 months.

How about some perspective? That’s

• more than the Department of Agriculture.
• more than the Department of Commerce.
• more than the Departments of Education, Energy, and Homeland Security. Combined.
• three times as much as the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• as much as the Departments of Labor and Transportation. Combined.

Not what I’d consider a very good investment. Perhaps it’s time to fire our “CEO President.”