What Are You Paying For? Wrote:
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> My post below fits here, too.
>
> "According to the Center for Defense Information,
> the estimated cost of the wars in Iraq and
> Afghanistan will reach $1.29 trillion by the end
> of fiscal year 2011." The budgeted amount for 2011
> was $170 Billion. --Infoplease
>
> Amtrak asked for 2.6 billion of funding for 2011.
> -- Amtrak
>
> So, for the cost of one year of the war(s), Amtrak
> could be financed for 65 years. Or, Amtrak costs
> about six days of the war.

BUT.. Amtrak doesn't own any oil :)