> And all those folks who are working for firms that gambled too heavily.
> Bill Shatzer wrote:
>
> "And over 4,000 Americans have paid with their lives for that little
> adventure. Plus a half a trillion dollars in national treasure
>
> You might compare that with the number of lives lost on 9-11. Or the
> economic injury incurred from that event.
>
> It would have been cheaper in both lives and money to just suffer
> another 9-11 every six or seven years.