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Bill Delahunt: “Nobody is helping us. American taxpayers, American military, American veterans, American education, American health, we…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2003
Nobody is helping us. American taxpayers, American military, American veterans, American education, American health, we are making sacrifices and we are doing it alone, without anybody, because of poor planning and going into a war under false pretenses. ... every penny of those billions will be borrowed, indebting future generations of working Americans to pay for this misadventure, with no consequences. The people who were so wrong. Mr. Wolfowitz, who I quoted earlier, who said Iraq would pay for itself, they are still making policy and spinning out fantasies at the White House. There are no consequences for making mistakes that cost the American people $20 billion in this White House.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Addressing the financial implications of the Iraq War and its impact on American taxpayers and future generations.

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