Regardless of what the true figures might be, it is mind boggling, to say the least. Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:14 PM Subject: Re: Statistic on war > Phil, > > Actually the individual stats were mine based off the Columbia University > professor's monthly figure. If you take the governments stats it is just > about the same and some stats I've seen, depending on time spans, some are > actually higher more like 255 million a day. The lowest I've seen was 200 > million a day. The difference in these is they can low ball it as much as > possible not figuring in expenses to repair or replace broken equipment > damaged, health or disability benefits to broken soldiers, interest on the > loans in which we're borrowing to fund the war and etc. The gove don't > include those but they are war expenses nonetheless. > > You're right though awards don't validate a claim in and of themselves. > > Brad > > At 11:17 PM 2/17/2008, you wrote: > >Brad, > > > >Although I think making that comparison is well worth mentioning, but Since > >the gave a Nobel peace Prize to the lovely, and former, vice-president of > >the United States, who also ran for president, and who also claims > >scientifically the planet is heating up and within 20 years, it will be > >irreversible because we drive cars and who also says we should bring our own > >re usable cloth bags to the grocery store to carry our food home, I am a > >little worried when I hear what Nobel Prize winners say. I've had PHD and > >MA degreed people in my church who I learned weren't any smarter than I was > >as a high school graduate and 85 hours of college of which 80 hours are > >theological courses. haw. > > > >Phil. > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 10:00 PM > >Subject: Statistic on war > > > > > > > According to a Nobel Prize winning economist from Columbia University, > > > taking in consideration the current cost of the War in Iraq we have spent > > > 7.1 billion dollars a month which if you wish to see it in tangible set of > > > statistics it breaks out as such: > > > > > > $7100000000 Per month > > > $229032258 Per day figuring 31 days in the month > > > $9543010 Per hour > > > $159050 Per minute > > > $2650 Per second > > > > > > Just think how long you have to work to pay for the amount of money > > > spent in the time it takes you to read this? > > > > > > If you are an average reader and soaking in the numbers, likely in > > > disbelief I might add, according to the US government taking the average > > > age and ethnicity over 243 million workers, for the money spent on the war > > > while reading this you'd probably have to work two years at $28,567 per > > > year. That is around 21 seconds totaling $57134. > > > > > > If you convert that into an average man's life span, that being 21 seconds > > > equaling 2 years of income, the average man would go from living 75 years > > > to that of only a little over 13 minutes. > > > > > > That puts it in perspective a little doesn't it? > > > > > > > > > Warm regards, > > Brad Dunse > > http://www.braddunsemusic.com > http://www.myspace.com/braddunse > > Listen to some sample tunes off the site, join the newsletter for an > occasional update and performance date notices. Leave feedback in the > guestbook/feedback area... it is always helpful to hear from you. > >