Let me guess, you believe Dingy Harry's point over the facts :) > "The full costs of this war to our economy are manifested in ways that > have never been accounted for by this administration -- we are funding > this war with borrowed money, Americans are paying more at the gas > pump and it will take years for our military to recover from the > damage of the president's failed war strategy," said Senate Majority > Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. > The White House and congressional Republicans attacked the report, > saying its assumptions about the impact of the war on energy prices > and business investment were flawed. > "The facts are that Congress has failed to pass energy legislation the > president proposed to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and since > the president's tax relief passed in 2003, real fixed business > investment is up nearly 30%, showing positive gains in 15 out of 17 > quarters," said Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle, > in a statement. > Republican members of the Joint Economic Committee said Democrats > should withdraw the report. > "The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq certainly involve costs, but > prematurely pulling out of these wars would also include huge costs > that are ignored in the Democrats' report," said Sen. Sam Brownback of > Kansas and Rep. Jim Saxton of New Jersey, the panel's senior > Republicans.
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