According to the goverment figures...

"On May 30, at a little after 10 a.m., we'll pass the trillion dollar mark for the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Yes, you read that right: $1 trillion wasted so far on two catastrophic mistakes." 

A few years ago, I read the book, The Three Trillion Dollar War and the authors explained in detail how the government fails in their cost analysis. The cost for the continued care of veterans after the war is not included in the first trillion. The cost of replenishing all of the military materiel is not included. The cost of interest on the debt is not included. The cost of lost productivity (veterans who can no longer work) is not included. It goes on and on...all the costs that they have not included in that poor meager number of one $trillion$ dollars. What has your school district cut this year?