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War Killing Economy, Democrat Says

Posted Apr 12, 08 4:42 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – While President Bush touted a "turnaround" in Iraq today, one lawmaker called the war "a leading cause" of America's economic woes, the Swamp blog reports. Test-driving the Democrat’s new anti-war argument, Kentucky Representative John Yarmuth blasted General Petraeus for advocating “more of the same, with U.S. troops and taxpayers paying the price.”

"At a time when our nation scrambles for new ways to stimulate the economy, the money we ship outside our borders to Iraq—at least 2 and a half billion dollars per week and 10 billion dollars a month—is not only linked to our economic skid, but is a leading cause of it," Yarmuth said in a radio address.

Sources Chicago Tribune, Associated Press

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Gen. David Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force, Iraq, answers a question during a news conference, Thursday, April 10, 2008, at the Newseum in Washington.   (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Polls show Americans believe the war is a major cause of economic stress.   (Shutterstock)
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