Compare: As of March, 2010, seven years after the invasion, the United States had spent $44.6 billion rebuilding Iraq.
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Contrast: Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the Stimulus Bill, $40 billion was allocated to provide extended unemployment benefits through Dec. 31, 2009 (with an increase of $25 a week). While it did not directly create new jobs, this money prevented millions of Americans from becoming HOMELESS in a contracting employment market. NO Republicans in the House of Representative and only three Republican Senators voted in flavor of providing economic relief to struggling families.
“Generosity is giving more than you can and pride is taking less than you need.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
Stone Soup (Paperback)
