The estimated cost of the fires in San Diego so far is one billion dollars. Seems like a staggering number, until you consider that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. has spent 415 billion dollars in Iraq, and that the cost may escalate to 2.1 trillion dollars by 2,017. That works out to over $21,000 per U.S. household. How do you feel about sending $21,000 + of your own dollars to Iraq? Even a math-averse layperson like myself can understand that, without the Bush-brained disaster that is Iraq, coming up with the money to pay for unforeseen events at home, like the California wildfires and Katrina, not to mention all the stuff we already know we need money for–like education and health care–would be much easier. George W. and his henchmen have completely ransacked the country, and yet I hear there are still a few folks out there who actually believe in this war. What gives?