From the National Priorities Project> Could your tax dollars be better spent?
Find out using our interactive Trade Offs tool.
Select your state, town, county or congressional district and a program, and find out what else your tax dollars could provide.
Here is a sample:
Taxpayers in State of Minnesota will pay $2.0 billion for allocated Homeland Security funding for FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
691,035 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
29,666 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
46,388 Firefighters for One Year OR
273,006 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
973,365 Households with Renewable Electricity – Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
2.0 million Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year OR
260,830 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
252,966 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
29,043 Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year OR
174,777 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
361,081 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
Here are some other examples.
Taxpayers in State of Minnesota will pay $16.0 billion for proposed Department of Defense for FY2012. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
5.5 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One YearOR
237,438 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
371,272 Firefighters for One Year OR
2.2 million Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
7.8 million Households with Renewable Electricity – Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
16.4 million Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year OR
2.1 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One YearOR
2.0 million People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One YearOR
232,449 Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year OR
1.4 million Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
2.9 million Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
Taxpayers in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota will pay $939.4 million for proposed Department of Defense for FY2012. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
323,923 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
13,906 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
21,744 Firefighters for One Year OR
127,971 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
456,265 Households with Renewable Electricity – Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
958,157 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year OR
122,264 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
118,578 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
13,614 Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year OR
81,927 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
169,257 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
Taxpayers in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota will pay $691.6 million for proposed Department of Defense for FY2012. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
238,480 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
10,238 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
16,009 Firefighters for One Year OR
94,215 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
335,913 Households with Renewable Electricity – Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
705,419 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year OR
90,014 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
87,300 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
10,023 Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year OR
60,316 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
124,611 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
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