Nor Cal Truth Sep 2, 2011
Al Jazeera provided an interactive breakdown on how much 9/11 has cost to the American economy in 10 years.
I have outlined it below in short; further down is the longer version with explanation details for each main and sub-category. It is stated that many of these categories are conservative calculations and that many categories are certain to rise in cost.
Note: $5 trillion dollars is equal to 5 million millions.
Counting the Cost: $5,000,000,000,000 ($5 Trillion)
DEBT - $983 billion:
- Interest to Date……………..$183 Billion
- Future Interest………………$800 Billion
MILITARY - $1.73 trillion:
- War in Iraq…………………….$758 billion
- War in Afghanistan…………$416 billion
- Pentagon Base Budget…..$425 billion
- State/USAID: ………………..$67 billion
- Health Care……………………$31 billion
- Operation Noble Eagle…..$29 billion
ECONOMY – $278 billion:
- Tourism ………………………..$163 billion
- NYC Economy……………….$52 billion
- Insurance……………………..$39 billion
- Property Damage………….$18 billion
- First Responders…………..$5 billion
- Aviation………………………..$1 billion
FUTURE MILITARY – $1.38 trillion:
- Disability……………………….$586 billion
- Future War Spending……$441 billion
- Future Health Care ………$348 billion
DOMESTIC – $540 billion:
- DHS Base Budget……….$311 billion
- Intelligence…………………$168 billion
- TSA…………………………….$57 billion
- State/Local…………………$3 billion
Posted by Brian 
