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Jay Inslee: “The soldiers are paying for it with their lives. But in financial terms, it is our young who are going to be saddled…”

On the recordOctober 15, 2003
The soldiers are paying for it with their lives. But in financial terms, it is our young who are going to be saddled with this debt, billions of dollars of debt, and it is our older folks, including veterans, who are not going to get their health care because this President wanted to send this money to Iraq and did not pay for it. So we are hurting the two most sort of vulnerable groups in our neighborhoods, in our communities, because this plan is not a responsible plan that fulfills our mission in Iraq and our responsibilities to our future kids and our current elders. For that reason, we ought to be asking serious questions.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial implications of the Iraq war on future generations and vulnerable populations.

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