Just to share a quick factoid, courtesy of the National Priorities Project. For the 2007 fiscal year, the good taxpayers of the 2nd Congressional District (WI, of course) will provide $290 million for the war in Iraq. Had we not gotten into this fine mess, that money could have gone to pay for these (the following are ORs, not ANDs):
•Health care for 186,977 people for one year
•6,491 police/firefighters/EMT for one year
•4,785 arts and music teachers for one year
•College scholarships worth just over $6,700 for 43,117 students for one year
•2,419 affordable housing units
•Health care for 223,186 children for one year
•A place in the Head Start Program for 43,675 children
•5,059 elementary school students
So, think about it. What do we gain from the war in Iraq? What is the real cost?
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