whenever i hear a newscaster quote the total cost of the war in iraq, it's such a high number that it is somewhat impossible for me to even have a frame of reference for it. $243,930,497,980 is so unbelieveable that i don't really know what it means.
today i was watching jon stewart, who i am frequently secretly (fond of), and he gave me a number i could finally relate to.
$2300.
that is the amount of money that each individual tax payer has spent on the war so far. its almost 20% of the taxes that i paid in 2005. now THAT is unbelieveable.
i am not here to make a case against (or for) the war- it is just interesting to me how much more personal that number makes it seem. its not some crazy war that some crazy president started that i roll my eyes at- its something i am paying for. something i'm paying quite a lot for.
kudos also goes out to the one person out there that caught my willie nelson reference. at least something about this post is remotely amusing : )
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