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What We Could Have Done With the Money: 50 Ways to Spend the Trillion Dollars We've Spent on Iraq

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Ok, so this book was quite an eye opener and had hilarious moments when it came to suggesting ways we could have used the money we have spent fighting in Iraq. I loved every minute of it. It is a quick read or one that you can come back to in bites. The author has quite an easy and ironic tone of voice throughout. It was fun without being preachy, and its true call to action for every American to hold their government accountable will hopefully get us all to act.

It was funny and sad all at the same time.

I ordered 3 copies and gave them to my friends. A cute book, and it definitely makes a point - well actually 50 points on how a trillion dollars might have been otherwise spent, rather than on the war in Iraq.

The author offer 2 to 3 pages on each area he selected as perhaps being somewhat more appropriate uses of a trillion dollars of taxpayer's money. It's the kind of book you can keep on the coffee table or back of the John, and thoroughly enjoy it 5 minutes at a time. You don't have to start at the beginning and read to the end, but rather you can open it anywhere and enjoy a few pages every time you pick it up. A good source of facts, and definitely fodder to start an interesting conversation with.

Not an overly politcal book, but just one that poses the questions of what might have been done with that amount of money. Something to think about.

There's nothing I didn't really know in this book. We all know it. We know a trillion is a very big number. But this book does a very good job of making clear how much that could have bought us in worthwhile pursuits and anyone can see how little it has bought us in Iraq. The result is a tragedy of Greek proportions. If you ever thought Bush might be America's Nero, this book will leave you with no doubt.

Yes, let's take all the money we spent on the evil Iraq war and blow it on social engineering and wealth redistribution. Wonder if Mr. Simpson will write a new book outlining all the things we could do with the TRILLIONS Obama and the Demotards have already wasted? Yeah...methinks not.