From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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>> http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110008212
>> "...the U.S. Agency for International Development in Iraq, noted in
> February
>> that per capita income has increased from $500 at the time of the
>> invasion
>> in 2003 to $1,500 today.
>
> SNORT!!!
>
> And what's happened to price inflation?  Are you THAT naive?
>
> The "$1500" buys less than a tenth of what the
"$500" used to buy.
>
>

Do you have a source for that ? The little I've seen indicates inflation in
Iraq is around 25% and lower than under Saddam .

I wonder just what they used to get the per capita income numbers. Did they
include any of the outside contractors, security forces( Non Military) etc
which would definitely skew the numbers.

Bob Lewis

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