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Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips Military Suicide Rate Highest In Decades clipped by: BartendingBear clippers remarks: So sad. Clip Source: www.chron.com Suicides among U.S. soldiers rose last year to the highest level in decades, the Army announced Thursday. At least 128 soldiers killed themselves in 2008. But the final count is likely to be considerably higher because 15 more suspicious deaths are still being investigated and could also turn out to be self-inflicted, the Army said. The new suicide figure compares with 115 in 2007 and 102 in 2006 and is the highest since record keeping began in 1980. Officials calculate the deaths at a rate of roughly 20.2 per 100,000 soldiers ? which is higher than the adjusted civilian rate for the first time since the Vietnam War, officials told a Pentagon news conference. But the new pace of 20.2 per 100,000 was the first time the rate surpassed the civilian number, when adjusted to reflect the Army?s younger and male-heavy demographics. zum Artikel... Big Bailouts, Bigger Bucks clipped by: merrie clippers remarks: Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective. The only single American event in history that even comes close to matching the cost of the credit crisis is World War II: Original Cost: $288 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $3.6 trillion The $4.6165 trillion dollars committed so far is about a trillion dollars ($979 billion dollars) greater than the entire cost of World War II borne by the United States: $3.6 trillion, adjusted for inflation (original cost was $288 billion). Go figure: WWII was a relative bargain. I estimate that by the time we get through 2010, the final bill may scale up to as much as $10 trillion dollars? By Barry Ritholtz - November 25th, 2008, 7:19AM Clip Source: www.ritholtz.com If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. Jim Bianco of Bianco Research crunched the inflation adjusted numbers. The bailout has cost more than all of these big budget government expenditures ? combined: ? Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion ? Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion ? Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion ? S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billion ? Korean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billion ? The New Deal: Cost: $32 billion (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 billion (Est) ? Invasion of Iraq: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion ? Vietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 billion ? NASA: Cost: $416.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 billion TOTAL: $3.92 trillion Clip Source: www.suitablyflip.com Tags: tarp, credit crisis, housing bust, job loss, recovery package zum Artikel... Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de