In article .com,
wrote:

Regulations pump up housing costs
Onerous state and local regulations have driven up housing costs over
the past decade, preventing millions of families and public servants,
including police officers and teachers, from living in the community of
their choice, a U.S. government report said yesterday.
at http://www.washingtontimes.com/natio...4044-2279r.htm


spending 82 billion on a war raises the costs of everything.