america's basis is falling apart
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"D" for its overall infrastructure conditions, estimating that it would
take $1.6 trillion over five years to fix the
problem"(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003226851_fragile26.html)
"U.S. military suffers equipment & base shortfalls"
(http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/grassi/060712)
renewal for the marine corps after afghan and iraq war will take
multibillion investments
"The Cost of Iraq War calculator is set to reach $318.5 billion
September 30, 2006, the end of fiscal year
2006"(http://costofwar.com/numbers.html)
"When factoring in costs of the war in Afghanistan, the $811 billion
total for both wars would have far exceeded the inflation-adjusted $549
billion cost of the Vietnam War."
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR2006042601601.html)
"In 2003 Americans had 1.46 billion credit cards, or five per person."
"In 1946 households had 22 cents of debt for each dollar of disposable
income. Now they have $1.26."
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14504791/site/newsweek/)
and if all the troubles in the homeland with deficiencies and core
structures isn't enough, US policy is maintaining it's course of
economic sanctioning iran who is a large oil producer
(http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922041.html iran's number four
producer of oil)
"Russia transferred $23.7 billion to the Paris Club of creditors
Monday, wiping out the last of its Soviet-era debts and underlining the
extent to which oil and gas revenue has transformed the country's
finances."
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/21/AR2006082101526.html)
"Russians abandoned the dollar at an unprecedented rate in the first
half of this year"
(http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=
20060825\ACQDJON200608250521DOWJONESDJONLINE000507.htm&
selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999)
"Central banks dump dollar for euro"
(http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/GA27Dj01.html)
"They believe the Mesopotamian adventure has made them less safe. Put
another way: if you start a war that lasts as long as the Second World
War, you'd better have something to show for it. George Bush does
not."(http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1222033.ece)