As the U.S. approaches six months of war with Iran, the costs to taxpayers and consumers continue to grow, beyond what has yet been fully quantified.
Lawmakers are wrangling over a plan to pay the bill. Consumers face bills of their own, including gas prices driven up by supply disruptions during the war. And people around the world face shortages and higher prices, some connected to Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping — as U.S. allies press for a deal to open it.
