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kleinbl00  ·  974 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The reality of Afghanistan. (discussion)

My father told me that a representative stated on the floor of Congress in 1969 that the United States could pay every man, woman and child ten thousand dollars a year not to fight and save money. I've never found the quote. Rough napkin calcs - $843b in 2017 dollars, 17 year war, 37 million people in North Vietnam in 1965 has it at closer to $1200 a year.