Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Which would you rather have?

Taxpayers in Grand Forks, North Dakota will pay $14.2 million for proposed Iraq War Spending for FY2008. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

4,300 People with Health Care
OR
12,283 Homes with Renewable Electricity
OR
363 Public Safety Officers
OR
313 Music and Arts Teachers
OR
2,682 Scholarships for University Students
OR
2 New Elementary Schools
OR
200 Affordable Housing Units
OR
5,943 Children with Health Care
OR
1,946 Head Start Places for Children
OR
313 Elementary School Teachers
OR
221 Port Container Inspectors

2 comments:

Brent said...

Why would you want to have any of those things when you can bring death and destruction to a people a half a world away?

Anonymous said...

you are right...but we are waaaaay safer now...we brought the fight to them....our borders are safe, our economy is in great shape....our foreign policies are sound...