According to a conservative estimate by economist Joseph Stiglitz and public policy expert Linda Bilmes, US taxpayers are facing a bill of about $3 trillion for the war, which they have not yet even started to pay back thanks to the Bush tax cut and the IOUs written to fund the escapade.
In totting up the headline number, Stiglitz and Bilmes focus only on the budgetary costs the military...
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