- $332,258,064 / day
- $13,844,086 / hour
- $230,734 / minute
- $3,845 / second
The current US population is about 300 million people. So, here's a game to play: every day, each person in your family puts $1 into a jar. If you're in a family of 5, the Iraq war cost you $150 last month, $1825 last year
Of course, that's a childish simplification. The reality is that since for the entirety of the war we've been running deficits in excess of the cost of the war, we've actually paid for the entire thing in debt. So cheer up, instead of costing you $365 last year, the Iraq war actually cost you $365 worth of debt - debt that you and the rest of the country and infinite generations of children will be paying interest on for the rest of their lives
