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BootinUp

(51,261 posts)
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:02 AM Saturday

1 Trillion is a very small cost to pay

Nick Kristof: Linda Bilmes, a Harvard expert on financing war, told me that most of the costs will arrive later…. All told, she expects this Iran war to cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opinion/iran-war-cost.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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1 Trillion is a very small cost to pay (Original Post) BootinUp Saturday OP
Very small cost to kick the Epstein files down the road for a couple months chicoescuela Saturday #1
Tapes Whip-poor-will Saturday #2
small cost to pay for WHO???? LymphocyteLover Saturday #3
It will cost consumers far more than that. Of course, that money will be paid to our oligarch overlords. Midnight Writer Saturday #4

Whip-poor-will

(193 posts)
2. Tapes
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:17 AM
Saturday

The problem with tapes/CDs ,unlike facts there no alternate tapes/CDs, starring pedos .

Release the EPSTEIN tapes/CDs for the ending to unfold.

Midnight Writer

(25,355 posts)
4. It will cost consumers far more than that. Of course, that money will be paid to our oligarch overlords.
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:19 AM
Saturday

War is good for business.

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