In numbers: Iraq war costs compared with Bush tax cuts

Posted by | May 11, 2005 | trivia | No Comments

No axe to grind here, was just curious, so dug around the web for some data:

Cost of Iraq/Afghan war so far: $300 billion
(From end 2001 till end of this year)

Cost per year: $75 billion

Number of tax payers in the US: 130 million

Average cost of campaign per taxpayer: $2300

Average cost per year per taxpayer: $575

Average cut for Bush’s 2003 tax cuts, per person: $1,083
(Median, i.e. most likely tax cut per person was $227)