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The Bush Administration is expected to request today an additional $50 billion in war spending, which would bring the total cost of the Iraq War to $617 billion, according to the National Priorities Project (NPP), a national non-profit research organization.
With this upcoming request, the war spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2008 totals $200.7 billion. This amount includes $197 billion for the Department of Defense and $3.7 billion for other agencies. Of the total amount requested, $160.9 billion would be allocated to the Iraq War, according to NPP. Click here for a chart detailing the Fiscal Year 2008 request.
In addition to this national analysis, NPP offers state breakdowns of the cost of the Iraq War thus far, the cost to each state's taxpayers of the new funding request and the total cost of the war if Congress approves the request.
"This latest request is another urgent call to voters to weigh in with their Congresspeople and hold them accountable for how they're spending our tax dollars," said Greg Speeter, executive director of the National Priorities Project. "Should we be spending another $160 billion next year to continue fighting this failed war while the President claims we can't afford to give kids health care?"
The National Priorities Project (NPP) is a 501(c)(3) research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent. Located in Northampton, MA, since 1983, NPP focuses on the impact of federal spending and other policies at the national, state, congressional district and local levels. Get more information.
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