On the recordApril 15, 2008
Today, Tax Day, millions of Americans know that their tax dollars will support rebuilding Iraq instead of rebuilding America. Americans have already spent $44 billion in rebuilding Iraq at a time when the Iraqis have a huge oil revenue reserve. Today, taxpayers may be wondering how this money could be spent in Iraq, our money, instead of rebuilding the U.S.A. With the $339 million that we are spending daily in Iraq, we could instead provide an additional 18,000 American students with Pell Grants so they can attend college. We could also hire and keep 4,400 'COPS on the beat.' Our moneys could be used, if we spent them here, to have 2,000 more border guard agents to protect our borders. Madam Speaker, as Americans pay their taxes today, they have a right to know why billions are being spent each month in Iraq instead of here in the U.S.A.
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