Well, I got the bright idea to write my super awesome cool Congressman(Oberstar)with a question that was bugging the heck out of me last February or March. The question was this: Based on the population of Iraq how much have we spent per Iraqi citizen on the war so far?
Now I did not expect a detailed response to this letter, but much to my suprise I found a question that caused Congressman Oberstar to send one of his whipping boys to the Library of Congress to research the question. The answer at that time was approxiamately (sorry I am 6 states away from the letter right now)$34,000 dollars spent on the war for every man woman and child living in Iraq.I am sure it is much more now. If someone comes at you with this redistributing the wealth bullshit, please mention this little factoid to their intellectually dishonest scared Republican ass.
I would really love to see Obama pivot off this issue in this manner, but I do not have his cel phone number and if anyone who reads this could talk to the guy and let him know that Jim Oberstar has some really nifty statistics at hand and a good line of logic for Obama to crush a stupid Republican smear that has gained a bit of traction I would be eternally grateful (and proud of myself). Thanks.