Harvards DR Linda Blimes speaks out on wars true costs

In this interview Linda Blimes explains her rationale for the estimated costs of long term veterans healthcare and compensation to come in the years ahead caused by the Iraq War Linda Blimes Interview

Hidden Costs of Iraq War
Story aired: Thursday, November 15, 2007

Besides the daily and monthly cost of the war, there are billions, even trillions of dollars, the US will have to spend after the war is over. So says Linda Bilmes, who teaches budgeting and public finance at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Bilmes points to the long term health care needs of veterans, disability payments, military equipment repair, and the interest payments on the money the country is borrowing to pay for the war.

Here is a link to her recent congressional testimony Congressional Testimony of Linda Blimes