Tsunami aid from USG, $35Million; Lobbying Costs $172million/month
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Thu Dec-30-04 10:24 AM
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| Tsunami aid from USG, $35Million; Lobbying Costs $172million/month |
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What does one have to do with the other? Nothing much. I just thought the cost of lobbying at the fed level is an interesting fact showing the moral choices being made by our society.
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| BeyondThePale
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Thu Dec-30-04 10:37 AM
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| 1. Cost of Iraq debacle = $5billion/month |
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Nice priorities in the USA
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Thu Dec-30-04 10:57 AM
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Edited on Thu Dec-30-04 10:58 AM by salinen
about 40 mil every minute.
edit: forget my head math.
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| BlueEyedSon
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Thu Dec-30-04 10:55 AM
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| 2. War in Iraq: $177 million per day, $7.4 million per hour |
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Thu Dec-30-04 11:17 AM
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| 4. we love to kill those of no threat to us. |
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that's all you can say about it -- kill those guys and act shamefull in the face a huge human tragedy.
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