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El coste verdadero de la guerra de Iraq
Miércoles 21 de noviembre de 2007
La guerra de Iraq ha costado a americanos bien sobre $1 trillones. Según un estudio del personal democrático del congreso' comité económico del empalme, dado derecho “los costes ocultados del Iraq guerrean,” “los costes económicos a los Estados Unidos de las guerras adentro Iraq y Afganistán hasta ahora total aproximadamente $1.5 trillones… Esa cantidad es el $804 mil millones casi doble Casa blanca ha pasado o solicitado para emprender estas guerras con 2008.” El informe también calcula que las guerras en Iraq y Afganistán han costado ya la familia típica de cuatro más de $20.000. Como las notas del informe, “los costes económicos completos de la guerra a los contribuyentes americanos y los E.E.U.U. totales la economía va más allá de uniforme el presupuesto federal inmenso cuesta bien divulgado ya.” Desemejante de gravámenes anteriores, estas estimaciones miran los conflictos; el “`ocultado cuesta' - incluyendo precios del petróleo más altos, el costo de tratar veteranos heridos y pagos de interés en el dinero prestado para pagar las guerras.” [Poste de Washington, 11/13/07] Permanecer el curso en Iraq podía costar $2 trillones adicional. Mientras que la guerra en Iraq ha incurrido en ya un enorme coste en contribuyentes americanos y la economía americana, permanecer el curso en Iraq es una opción que tendría costes adicionales enormes. Se estima que permanecer el curso en Iraq podría costar $2 trillones adicional en costes económicos totales, incluyendo los pagos de interés para los pagos guerra-relacionados de la deuda. [Comité económico común, personal de la mayoría, 11/07] La guerra en Iraq viene en el coste significativo a nuestra economía. El centro para la investigación económica y de la política estimaba que el impacto de financiar la guerra en los E.E.U.U. economy occurs “at the loss of 500,000 jobs after ten years of war spending, and crimping overall economic output by $60 billion a year.” Dean Baker, co-director at Center for Economic and Policy Research explained that funding the war in Iraq is “draining resources away from productive sectors of the economy… It will be more of a drag over time.” Gus Faucher at Moody’s explains that while interest rates are low, “they would be even lower were it now for the war.” Faucher concludes that paying for the war is “going to have an impact on long-term growth, especially if this continues.” Additionally, the war is diverting billions from more “productive investment(s) by American businesses in the United States.” The war is also creating disruptions to the economy by pulling Guard and Reservists out of their jobs at an estimated cost of $1 to $2 billion. [CNN-Money, 10/23/07. Washington Post, 11/13/07] War in Iraq has contributed to rising gas prices. David Kirsch, a former State Department energy analyst who now manages oil market intelligence for PFC Energy consultants in Washington, “Without this disaster, oil prices would be much lower today.” The Dallas Morning News writes that, “The crippling of Iraq’s oil production since the start of the war amounts to one of the biggest disruptions in world oil supplies since World War II, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Energy.” A study by the Democratic Staff of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee estimates that declining Iraqi production “has likely raised oil prices in the U.S. by between $4 and $5 a barrel.” [Dallas Morning News, 11/12/07. Washington Post, 11/13/07] War in Iraq financed by debt - America facing huge future interest costs. Reuters reported that the “wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost taxpayers a total of $2.4 trillion by 2017 when counting the huge interest costs because combat is being financed with borrowed money, according to a study released on Wednesday.” The Congressional Budget Office “estimated that interest costs alone from 2001-2017 could total more than $700 billion.” [Reuters, 10/24/07] Veterans care costs will grow “putting historic strains on the Veterans Administration.” Advances in modern medicine have meant that U.S. military personnel in Iraq that have been wounded are surviving at an unprecedented rate due to advances in modern medicine. Greg Bruno at CFR notes that, “costs associated with treating the wounded are skyrocketing, putting historic strains on the VA. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the agency’s medical expenditures could top $9 billion by 2017, with an additional $4 billion in survivors’ benefits.” One expert, Linda Bilmes at Harvard, “estimates disability compensation and medical care costs could reach $700 billion over the lifetime of these soldiers.” [CFR, 11/09/07] Country must brace for a “tsunami” like surge in number of homeless vets. More and more veterans of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan are turning up homeless. The Veterans Affairs Department puts the number of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at more than 400 and they are bracing for many more in the years ahead. Phil Landis the chairman of Veterans Village of San Diego, explained that, “We’re beginning to see, across the country, the first trickle of this generation of warriors in homeless shelters… But we anticipate that it’s going to be a tsunami.” [NY Times, 11/08/07] Have Your Say: The True Cost of the Iraq War Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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