This makes me depressed.

 

 

For all that is great about this country, there's a whole lot of things screwed up about where we set priorities. That's the risk of aggregate numbers. Numbers by themselves are meaningless unless put into perspective. This one number $200 Billion is the same. This is what it costs us for continuing to be in Iraq each year. The $200B is a conservative estimate because it does not take into account the opportunity costs $200b would have had in stimulating the economy had it been put to proper use.  More details here: