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Woensdag, 21 November, 2007

De oorlog van Irak heeft Amerikanen goed meer dan $1 triljoen gekost. Volgens een studie door het Democratische Personeel van Congres' Paritair Economisch Comité, binnen getiteld de „Verborgen Kosten van de Oorlog van Irak,“ de „Economische kosten aan de Verenigde Staten van de oorlogen Irak en Afghanistan tot dusver totaal ongeveer $1.5 triljoen… Dat bedrag is bijna dubbele $804 miljard Wit Huis aan loon om deze oorlogen door 2008.“ heeft besteed of verzocht Het rapport berekent ook dat de oorlogen in Irak en Afghanistan reeds de typische familie van vier meer dan $20.000 hebben gekost. Aangezien de rapportnota's, de „Volledige economische kosten van de oorlog aan de Amerikaanse belastingbetalers en de algemene V.S. de economie gaat goed verder dan zelfs de immense federale reeds gemelde begrotingskosten.“ In tegenstelling tot vorige beoordelingen, bekijken deze ramingen de conflicten; „`verborgen kosten' - met inbegrip van hogere olieprijzen, leende de uitgave van het behandelen van gewonde veteranen en rentebetalingen op het geld om voor de oorlogen te betalen.“ [Washinton Post, 11/13/07]

Het blijven de cursus in Irak kon kosten een extra $2 triljoen. Terwijl de oorlog in Irak reeds enorme kosten op Amerikaanse belastingbetalers en de Amerikaanse economie heeft opgelopen, is het blijven de cursus in Irak een keus die reusachtige extra kosten zou hebben. Men schat dat het blijven de cursus in Irak kon kosten een extra $2 triljoen in totale economische kosten, met inbegrip van rentebetalingen voor op oorlogbetrekking hebbende schuldbetalingen. [Paritair Economisch Comité, het Personeel van de Meerderheid, 11/07]

De oorlog in Irak komt aan significante kosten aan onze economie. Het centrum voor het Economische en Onderzoek van het Beleid schatte dat het effect van de financiering van de oorlog op de V.S. 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]

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