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Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion, says Nobel prize-winning economist
Guardian ^
| 01/17/2006
| Jamie Wilson
Posted on 01/07/2006 6:48:17 PM PST by shuntos
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To: shuntos
To: shuntos
Welcome to Free Republic?
To: shuntos
it's sad that the world has come to the point where my first thought wasn't "wow, that's a lot of money" nut instead was "I wonder what the economists political affiliation is?"
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:49:46 PM PST
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gondramB
(Democracy: two wolves and a lamb voting on lunch. Liberty: a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: shuntos
Funny, we just executed a Nobel-nominated author over here.
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To: shuntos
stiglitz?
Columbia U?
hmmmm..
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:51:34 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: gondramB
The minute I saw 'Nobel Prize', that issue was settled. I immediately think of 'Tookie', the Nobel nominee.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:52:17 PM PST
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: shuntos
don't leftists always cry about "how can you put a price tag on a life?" ... i guess there really is a point where a life costs too much, unless of course it's ripping a baby from a womb
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:52:18 PM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(The search for someone to blame is always successful. - Robert Half)
To: shuntos
thanks :-) long-time reader, first time poster Guess you decided to come in with a bang, eh? The Guardian?
To: shuntos
Stiglitz..
He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1993-95, during the Clinton administration, and served as CEA chairman from 1995-97. He then became Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:52:59 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: shuntos
He only said "two trillion" because "eleventy billion" would make him sound like an idiot.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:53:15 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: shuntos
But in terms of the total cost of the war "there may [emphasis mine] have been alternative ways of spending a fraction of that amount that would have enhanced America's security more, and done a better job in winning the hearts and minds of those in the Middle East and promoting democracy".
Then again, there may not been an alternative way of spending less. However, it is certain that the cost of dong nothing would have far larger, both in treasure and in lives.
To: shuntos
thanks :-) long-time reader, first time posterYou aren't a troll? We just might call off a zot here.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:53:44 PM PST
by
MinorityRepublican
(everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: shuntos
Dang! Wonder what the 'real' cost of going to Berlin was? We couldn't afford that either, could we?
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:54:12 PM PST
by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: shuntos
Linda Bilmes
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/101999-president-names-linda-bilmes-to-administration-at-commerce-department.htm
President Names Linda Bilmes to Administration at Commerce Department
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release October 19, 1999
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES LINDA J. BILMES
TO SERVE AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The President today announced his intent to nominate
Linda J. Bilmes as Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Department of Commerce.
Ms. Linda J. Bilmes, of San Mateo, California, currently serves as the Acting Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration. Ms. Bilmes joined the Department of Commerce in 1997 as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, responsible for the effective management of the policies and programs of the Department. Prior to her tenure at Commerce, she was the Manager of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a worldwide management consulting group in London, England. While a member of BCG, she led major re-engineering efforts for industrial companies worldwide. Previously, Ms. Bilmes worked as a Media Consultant for the Garth Group and for Campaign Strategies, Inc. She designed campaign strategies for the successful elections of then-Governor Jay Rockefeller to the United States Senate (1984) and for Senator Robert Byrd (1982).
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:55:37 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: gondramB
Well, how much does it cost to clean up after Iran or North Korea blows up a couple of US cities? Wasn't the bill for the Pentagon and the NY Trade Center pretty high?
Should we just sit here with the covers over our heads and hope the Islamic Jihad takes a 10 or 15 year break from terror? Maybe if we offer them some free Starbucks franchises they will like us and call the whole deal off.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:56:20 PM PST
by
RicocheT
To: gondramB
see post 11 and 16
Clintonoids.
Columbia and Harvard
nuff said.
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:57:26 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: shuntos
And your feeling about this all is...?
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posted on
01/07/2006 6:58:21 PM PST
by
RedRover
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