How much is George's War Costing YOUR State? Glad you asked.

[elehhhhna]

http://database.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoff

Taxpayers in Texas will pay $26.1 billion for the cost of war in Iraq. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

5,754,580 People with Health Care

Taxpayers in Texas will pay $26.1 billion for the cost of war in Iraq. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

454,610 Port Container Inspectors


Taxpayers in California will pay $40.3 billion for the cost of war in Iraq. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

16,733,296 People with Health Care or
627,551 Elementary School Teachers or
4,767,634 Head Start Places for Children or
25,168,314 Children with Health Care or
235,246 Affordable Housing Units or
4,390 New Elementary Schools or
7,685,109 Scholarships for University Students or
616,017 Music and Arts Teachers or
741,482 Public Safety Officers or
117,140,845 Homes with Renewable Electricity or
601,790 Port Container Inspectors

[nevergiveup]

1. OMG

I live in Denny Hastert's district and the cost for this district is 1.1 billion dollars. I am sending this information to John Laesch, his challenger. Everyone should do this. Thanks so much.

[Cerridwen]

2. Interesting site!

Thanks. I've got my ltte running through my head right now.

:hi:

[RufusEarl]

3. It's easies to explain when it's in black and white, thanks for the link.

[maxsolomon]

4. iraq is "costing" my district 795 million

or over a million homes with renewable electricity. there's only 43K people in this district.

[Cerridwen]

5. K & R and LTTE sent. Thank you!

Maybe the people here will "get it" when they see how it hits their pocketbooks; or more appropriately, doesn't hit their pocketbooks.

[Double T]

6. It is good to now our government has its priorites.........

ALL screwed up. Just imagine what COULD HAVE BEEN DONE with all the money the rethugs have pissed away. We must fight for regime change to oust the tyrannical dictatorship and form a democracy in America.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

7. Here in WV, it would've built 102

new elementary schools.

That's particularly telling in light of this www.penniesofpromise.org

[Generic Other]

8. What a wonderful resource

Very depressing to see that we have the money to make a dent on the problems but prefer to waste it so criminally.

[cornermouse]

9. I'm thinking of New Orleans

How much of the city could have been rebuilt with that money?

[Melissa G]

10. excellent post! n/t

[cassiepriam]

11. War total going to be a $1 Trillion. would have bought

a lot of education, health care, and repair of our crumbling
infrastructure.

And research into alternative energy so we could have been independent from the Mideast.