Of course I can't break it down, and I admitted that I pulled that figure out of the air (or out of my ass, whichever image you prefer), but I'll bet it's pretty close, if not too small.
The costs will come in increased local, county and state taxes for almost every service that gets some federal funding which is being cut (yes, even police and emergency services, which seems so antithetical to the terrorist threat, but money's being diverted to pay for the tax cuts and surveillance -- oh yeah, and all that good intelligence). Education costs through tuition and subsidies; infrastructure costs through fees or simply less development; the cost of borrowing from social security to try to pay down a $600 billion deficiting that's growing virtually exponentially. Health costs go up because fewer citizens have insurance coverage so we all have to subsidize the system. The list goes on and on. This money is not free, and while Bush is not a Tax and Spend Liberal, he's a No Tax and Spend Republican, which is a much bigger lie. If you're a conservative, I don't know how you can stomach what he's doing. And it's not all the cost of the war. Another lie -- just the costs, I'm not even getting into the war itself. 'Cuz we were talkin' about money.
Haven't read any Michael Moore. Should I pick it up?
