$12,333 per American.
That will be the cost of the wars by the time they are over, according to a Brown University study.
I arrived at the above figure by dividing 3.7 trillion by the approximate U.S. population of 300 million.
I don't know about you, but I could sure use twelve grand right about now. Instead, it's our debt, and we're paying interest on it--or rather your children will be.
I'm not sure now is such a good time to have children. The country they inherit will almost certainly be a weaker and poorer one. In retrospect, I'm glad I did not have any.
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