[Peace] cost of the wars by state

[Rohn Koester]

I think it will be more.

This very recent
study<https://research.hks.harvard.edu/publications/workingpapers/citation.aspx?PubId=8956&type=WPN>
:

(Bilmes, Linda J. "The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How
Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security
Budgets." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-006, March 2013.)

. . . makes the case for $4-6 trillion as the true financial cost of the
Iraq and Afghanistan wars. If we accept $5 trillion as the average, then:

5 trillion / 314 million (US citizens) * 12.9 million (IL residents) =
$205.4 billion

This estimate includes the long-term benefits and compensation for the many
victims of the war, certainly not a sure thing. It also doesn't include war
reparations, which would make the final figure larger.



On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I ran across a cost of the wars state by state:
> Illinois
> Last Updated by Samantha on Jul 4, 2011
> Total War Cost: $68.2 billion
> Percent in Poverty: 13.2%
> Food Insecurity: 12.2%
> Homeless: 14,055
>
> https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217506747860316197593.0004a6b624e2c7ef797d4&msa=0
>
> I am looking into what the titles mean, but thought I would start the
> conversation with this.
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