The Cost of War in Iraq
June 16, 2008 by Diva Jood
I thought I would take a look at the local cost of the War in Iraq. The National Priorities Project has a page where you can get the costs as it pertains to your locality. Taxpayers in California’s Congressional District 36 (Harman) will pay $1.3 billion for total Iraq war spending approved to date. For the same amount of money, the following services could have been provided:
- 550,963 People with Health Care for One Year OR
- 2,385,106 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
- 23,915 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
- 18,911 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
- 201,177 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 4,007 Affordable Housing Units OR
- 500,391 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
- 160,123 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
- 19,226 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 16,907 Port Container Inspectors for One year
I am rendered speechless. We need to bring all our resources home: our soldiers, who don’t deserve the horrors they’ve been handed; and our tax dollars so we can repair the soul of our nation by providing the services we lose daily due to Bush’s arrogance.
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I have seen similar statistics, you’d think the Congress would notice the stats and wake up and do something now to put a stop to continued military operations and contractor operations in Iraq.
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It sucks, in a word, that Congress allows this level of waste.
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As far as I am concerned, this is a *double heartbreak*, the domino effect of suffering- soldiers, people living in the hell of the Occupation, the loss of lives on both sides, and that long list of things that have gone neglected. The illegal occupation funding is the elephant in the room– it sucks away the resources from so many really important things. including $ for renewable & alternative resources & technology– getting us away from foreign oil dependency.
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Ah, but Fran, if we moved away from dependency on foreign oil, the Bush family and the Cheney family would lose their income. I mean, where would all those no-bid contracts go, if Haliburton could not build oil wells?
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Yikes. Dusty put up an image for me! Dusty is my mentor, thank you, sista!
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You are most welcome m’dear ;)Gotta have a graphic!
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