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BootinUp

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Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:02 AM Saturday

1 Trillion is a very small cost to pay [View all]

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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