Thursday, October 06, 2005
A Few October Harper's Index Facts to Boggle the Mind...
Rank of 2004 among the most fiscally reckless years in U.S. history, according to the comptroller general: 1
Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrug efforts in Afghanistan last year: $780,000,000
Amount it would have cost to purchase the country's entire 2004 poppy crop: $600,000,000
Rank of 2004 among the most fiscally reckless years in U.S. history, according to the comptroller general: 1
Total U.S. spending on poppy eradication and other antidrug efforts in Afghanistan last year: $780,000,000
Amount it would have cost to purchase the country's entire 2004 poppy crop: $600,000,000
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