alt Hacker NewsWars used to be paid for by raising taxes. Now we have no idea how much they cost. How many years in a row has the Pentagon failed it's audit? How many years (decades?) was the Iraq war funded through annual (unbudgeted) emergency measures? How many trillions in promised healthcare does America owe its veterans?
If the President had to make the case that taking on Iran would cost each American around $1000 on top of higher prices for fuel and food, how many would sign off on that?
So I guess I agree with Palantir. Be honest about the actual costs of war and chances are we will get into fewer.
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> How many years in a row has the Pentagon failed it's audit?
The pentagon has NEVER been successfully audited.
The current administration can't even be honest about the fact that we're in a war, so there's no way they're gonna be honest about the costs.
> Wars used to be paid for by raising taxes
in the long term maybe, in the short term its mass debt of trillions
> Be honest about the actual costs of war and chances are we will get into fewer.
This is a naive comment. The people deciding to send people to war do not concern themselves with the costs. The people concerned about the cost have no say in deciding to start military conflicts.