10 years after the launch of the Iraq War,
cheap oakley sunglasses a number of critics and analysts have been pointing to war’s extravagant financial cost – to say nothing of its toll on human lives. But a surprising report shows that nearly 150 years after its conclusion,
oakley sunglasses cheap the U. S. government is still paying relatives of Civil War veterans. An analysis from the Associated Press found that more than $40 billion annually is being spent on veterans and survivors of wars dating back to the Spanish-American War of 1898 up through the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
cheap oakleys There are actually only two recipients of Civil War benefits, both children of veterans and receiving $876 per year.
Although their names are being kept private, the AP estimates that they were both born between 1920 and 1930, meaning their parents were themselves upwards of 80-years-old when their children were born.
Juanita Tudor Lowrey, 86,
discount oakley sunglasses received Civil War benefits tied to her late father from the age 2 until her 18th birthday. Former Republican senator and military veteran Alan Simpson said the government should consider means testing veterans as the burden on the federal debt continues to grow.
"Without question, I would affluence-test all of those people, "
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Simpson co-chaired President Obama’s deficit reduction committee in 2010, which offered a number of recommendations for reducing the federal budget defecit.
And while it would be natural to assume the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are the most costly,
ralph lauren uk the payments to Vietnam War veterans nearly doubles the cost of our two current wars, $22 billion to $12 billion, respectively. Simpson said that a number of new ailments added to veterans coverage, including heart disease, has been driving up costs. "That has been terribly abused, " he said.
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Meanwhile, World War II is still costing the federal government about $5 billion a year. And the Korean War still costs taxpayers about $2. 8 billion annually.
cheap ralph lauren shirts Amazingly, $20 million is still being paid each year to 2, 289 veteran family members from World War I, many of whom are over 100-years-old. But perhaps even stranger, 47 benefit recipients were not even born until after the war ended.
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