By Joe Guzzardi | @joeguzzardi19
| 5:30 p.m.
As the United States exited Afghanistan under cover of darkness, the 20-year war racked up costs of a staggering $2.3 trillion. The albatross was left over from President George W. Bush’s administration.
Brown University’s Costs of War Project calculated that the federal taxpayer has spent about $16,000 per person to keep this futile conflict raging. The War Project consists of 35 scholars, legal experts, human rights practitioners and physicians who have been studying the Afghan War’s devastation since 2011.
Brown University further estimates that the $2.3 trillion cost is understated because the totals don’t include the funds the United States is obligated to pay in future health-care costs for veterans or future interest payments on the money borrowed to finance the war, $600 billion in interest expense through 2023, and billions more to come in the following decades.
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FMC chairman seeks budget increase to help enforce demurrage and detention rules Maffei asked Congress to up funding for enforcement. (Photo: LinkedIn/Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
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Testifying on his agency’s FY2022 budget before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, FMC Chairman Daniel Maffei said it is seeking $30.8 million $1 million more than authorized for FY2021 to bolster resources dedicated to the agency’s Bureau of Enforcement and Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services. The money would fund a new export advocate position for a person solely responsible for helping export shippers move cargo.