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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Little-known fact: Obama's failed stimulus program cost more than the Iraq war | Washington Examiner

Little-known fact: Obama's failed stimulus program cost more than the Iraq war Washington Examiner

* Obama's stimulus, passed in his first month in office, will cost more than the entire Iraq War -- more than $100 billion (15%) more.

* Just the first two years of Obama's stimulus cost more than the entire cost of the Iraq War under President Bush, or six years of that war.

* Iraq War spending accounted for just 3.2% of all federal spending while it lasted.

* Iraq War spending was not even one quarter of what we spent on Medicare in the same time frame.Read more at the Washington Examiner:

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