Check out this post from the ‘Between Two Worlds‘ blog, shedding some light on how much money our government wants to borrow from future generations.
Here’s a telling snippet:
Adjusted for inflation, here are some other massive expenditures:
- * The Marshall Plan ($115.3 billion)
- * The space race ($237 billion)
- * The Korean War ($454 billion)
- * The New Deal ($500 billion)
- * The invasion of Iraq ($597 billion)
- * The Vietnam War ($698 billion)
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