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Public Employee Press
Part 2 in a series
Political Action 2006
What Iraq costs you
The estimated long-term bill:
$1.3
trillion | | Cost
of war ($billions) | | Spent
to date | 251 |
| Future
spending on operations |
271 | | VA
costs |
57 | | Cost
for brain injuries | 35 |
| Veterans
disability | 122 |
| Demobilization
costs | 8 |
| Increased
defense | 139 |
| Interest
on debt | 386 |
| Total | 1.269
Trillion | The bill so far: $321
billion
Estimated cost to date for every U.S. citizen: $1,222
What $321billion could have paid for in the U.S. for one year:
Affordable
housing units: 2.7 million, or
Scholarships for university students: 60.5
million, or
Head Start slots: 40.4 million
What $321 billion
could have paid for around the globe for three years:
Full funding for
global anti-hunger efforts and
Full funding of world-wide AIDS program, and
Full funding for every child to get basic immunizations.
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