> As the political process has taught us, we don't want to know the
> truth. Full-cost truth would make us unhappy.
>
It doesn't have to.
Do you know anyone who would happily pay the full cost for gasoline
or food or clothing? Say, ten dollars a gallon for gas and ten
dollars for a cotton t-shirt. Gas and food, of course, must include
the cost of the present Iraq investment.