August 7th, 2008
i’ve been hearing a lot of news stories over the past couple of days, on television, and online about how the US taxpayer is paying to rebuild Iraq even though Iraq has billions of dollars in its own coffers that it could easily spend ...
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August 7th, 2008
Tahseen al-Shaikhli, spokesman for the Baghdad Security Plan, said Iraq was calling on investors to come to the country to help rebuild Iraq. Mr. Shaikhli noted that the government cannot build Iraq on its own and it needed outside help ...
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August 7th, 2008
Just to put in in shorthand, as of today, the US taxpayer has conservatively spent $48 billion to rebuild Iraq and Iraq has spent just $3-5 billion when it could be 100% times that. ...
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August 7th, 2008
The purpose of the money was to rebuild Iraq, not draw interest in a bank, Alexander said. “I don’t know what function that serves right now. In my mind it raises another set of questions - which is, ‘Who’s minding the store? ...
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August 7th, 2008
So far, $169 billion has been spent to rebuild Iraq, while the conflict drags on. The military "surge" may have worked, but the flow of money needed to rebuild the country is just beginning. Of the $169 billion spent to this point, ...
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August 6th, 2008
Remember how we were told Iraq’s oil money would pay for the war? We’ve spent more than $700 billion of our money including almost $50 billion to rebuild Iraq, and we haven’t seen a dime of their oil money for our efforts. ...
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August 6th, 2008
Those trends, which the report said have continued during the first half of this year, are likely to fuel further congressional discontent over ongoing US payments to rebuild Iraq. "It is inexcusable for US taxpayers to continue to foot ...
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August 6th, 2008
Just to put in in shorthand, as of today, the US taxpayer has conservatively spent $48 billion to rebuild Iraq and Iraq has spent just $3-5 billion when it could be 100% times that. I, for one, am not bashful. Whether this war was about ...
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August 6th, 2008
The unspent windfall, which covers surpluses from oil sales from 2005 through 2008, appears likely to put an uncomfortable new focus on the approximately $48 billion in American taxpayer money devoted to rebuilding Iraq since the ...
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August 6th, 2008
The purpose of the money was to rebuild Iraq, not draw interest in a bank, Ms. Alexander said. “I don’t know what function that serves right now. In my mind it raises another set of questions which is, ‘Who’s minding the store? ...
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