The cost of our all hands on deck heroic rescue of the US service man trapped in #Iran looks to be well over $250 million dollars, and if you include the first lost #aircraft, as well as those lost in the rescue, it could be far more.

A random value estimate of the US #AirForce’s MC-130Js left destroyed In Iran Is around $100 Million each....Rather than risk capture by Iranian forces, the #Pentagon made the decision to destroy multiple US aircraft in place. 

The cost of smaller aircraft left smoldering on the makeshift desert airfield in Iraq estimate to be about $2 million each...

#CBS reported a congressional briefing where one official called it a “fair guess” that the daily USA #taxpayer cost of #DJT military "intervention" in Iraq is costing well over $1.5 billion.

https://simpleflying.com/usaf-mc-130js-destroyed-iran-over-100-million-each-special-ops/

US Air Force’s MC-130Js Destroyed In Iran Cost Over $100 Million Each, Special Ops Says

USAF destroys $100M MC-130Js in Iran rescue mission, revealing the extreme risks, advanced tactics, and rising aircraft losses in contested airspace.

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Public Money, Public Code. Millions of working #PCs are being scrapped due to software policy; not hardware failure. #Linux can extend their life, save #taxpayer money, and reduce toxic #ewaste. It's time for smarter policy. #Endof10 https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/12/software-policies-can-fuel-waste/
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@riggbeck @MichaelEMann @ZLabe @RARohde @rahmstorf @davidho @GeraldKutney #TotalEnergies is basically a #fossilfuel company, & I'm quite sure they wouldn't mind making money out of the #American #taxpayer in the least, nor will they be in any way averse to exploiting Donald Trump's extraordinary allergy to any form of #renewableenergy. Their agreeing to the contract is an exercise in cynicism.
@RabBrucesSpider1 @HarriettMB Unfortunately, it's not just the #Tories or #ReformUK - would that it were! We #disabled people could cope with that - we're used to it by now. No, it's #Labour as well, with both the vile #rhetoric & the #policies to go with it. They think we're a "burden" on #society & the #taxpayer, & they despise us!
county wants to build a 60m rec facility, they need to focus on infrastructure and a metered approach, i think some of it is covid money, the growth and tax hikes are hurting long time residents. lots of fields and a pool is going to invest in the people and the community but overall it will likely lose money and be a net rev drag not a big boost; there are safer and more useful investments, they need oversight and a metered rollout, make it a journey not an event #taxpayer money #community visions vs community needs #constituents
Not counting the #cost of #replacing whatever #Iran destroys, the #war is already costing about $1 #billion per day. As #Trump proclaims that the war will last “as long as it takes,” #Republicans are preparing #legislation to #borrow more to pay for it. Another forever war like that in #Iraq #cost more than 4,400 #American #lives and up to $2 #trillion in #taxpayer #money and rising #national #debt.
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