Trade-Offs, Cost of War
Do you want to know the Trade offs for your state, your city, your Congressional District? Go to CostofWar.com and select Trade Offs.
Taxpayers in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District will pay $317.7 million for Afghanistan war spending for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
151,124 Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
109,539 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
4,702 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
34,785 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
43,275 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
154,292 Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
324,013 Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
41,345 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
151,774 One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
40,098 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
4,603 Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year OR
27,704 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
57,236 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
Trade-Offs, State of Minnesota
Taxpayers in State of Minnesota will pay $3.2 billion for Afghanistan war spending for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
1.5 million Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
1.1 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
47,680 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
352,698 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
438,776 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
1.6 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
3.3 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
419,208 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
1.5 million One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
406,569 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
46,678 Police or Sheriff’s Patrol Officers for One Year OR
280,903 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
580,331 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
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Reblogged this on NonviolentConflict.
So a problem has been identified: “defense” spending — in reality, war spending — is, and for at least 50 years has been, the biggest financial fraud in human history. But what are we going to do about it? Protest? Petition? Elect new politicians? March? We tell the warmakers that doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is a sign of insanity. Why don’t we apply that to oursevles? My suggestion? Minnesota ought to secede and keep those monies here for those needs listed above. Anyone else have any suggestions? But please, let’s get serious, folks.