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Think you can spend $3 trillion better than President Bush?
“Just counting the zeroes on the $3 trillion price tag of the Iraq War is enough to induce hyperventilation. But what does $3 trillion really mean? It’s difficult even to comprehend a number that big. Well, try filling your shopping cart with what the cost of the Iraq War could buy: healthcare for every American? A new home for every subprime borrower now facing foreclosure? An Ivy League university? You haven’t even gotten started.”
-Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
co-author of The Three Trillion Dollar War

Browse through our departments or use the search box to find a product. Once you've found something you like, simply add it to your cart. If you want to add more than one, keep on clicking—after all, our government just loves to spend spend spend. (Can't locate something you want? Simply "add a product" and follow the steps.) When you're all finished, proceed to the checkout, where you'll be able to complete your order and e-mail your virtual gifts to friends.

What are you waiting for? Get shopping!

You can also get involved in your local community by attending a Tax Day 2008 event on April 15th, or hosting an Iraq Town Hall anytime in April.


$3 TRILLION isn't just how much the Iraq War will cost our government, it's how much it will cost our sputtering economy. When the Bush administration launched this war, they claimed Americans would not have to make sacrifices. They even cut taxes with the help of a Republican-led Congress, rather than raising them as had been done historically in times of war. According to Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda Bilmes in their book The Three Trillion Dollar War, we're fighting an unnecessary war on borrowed money. The war has caused our skyrocketing national debt. And more than anything else, the war has caused our recession.

Here's how $3 trillion breaks down:

  • $526 billion — borrowed money poured into Iraq so far
  • $615 billion — total interest costs for taxpayers
  • $280 billion — to rebuild our military
  • $590 billion — disability benefits and health care for Iraq veterans
  • $1.5 trillion — estimated costs through 2017

Background articles
WaPo: Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More
SF Gate: Only World War II Was Costlier Than Iraq War
The Nation: Iraq War Is Killing Our Economy...
CNN: ...71% of Americans Agree
HuffPo: Bush Says War Worth the Price
Obama: War Costing Average Household $100/mo
American Prospect: Bushonomics Becomes Mcainomics
OpenLeft: Is There Anything Left to "Win" in Iraq?
The Responsible Plan to End the War

Video credits
Director: Robert Greenwald
VP of Production: Leda Maliga
Producer: Jason Zaro
Associate Producer: Dallas Dunn
Assistant Editor: Daniel Castillo
Editor/Photography: Phillip Cruess
Voice over: Jeff Stein
Special Thanks: Jonathan Kim

Photo credits
Erik K Veland
Tracy R Olson
Darien Montanez
Dave
Darien Montanez
Stevan Sheets
Christian Jonas
Corey Balazowich