What is the Iraq War Costing Your Community

[chlamor]

The War in Iraq Cost the United States


$155,355,812,578

This publication analyzes the Administration's recent supplemental request of $82 billion for war-related funding. State and city cost of war numbers are available.

See the cost in your community:


Compare to the cost of:

PRE-SCHOOL

KIDS' HEALTH

PUBLIC EDUCATION

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

PUBLIC HOUSING

WORLD HUNGER

AIDS EPIDEMIC
www.nationalpriorities.org/issues/military/iraq/highcost/index.html

Looking up the numbers I found out what it is costing my area and plan to use this info to write a letter and as an educational leaflet. Here is the cost in New York State and a few select counties. All states are listed on website above.


New York
17.7 billion

Albany
61.9 million

Buffalo
154.8 million

East Hampton
1.6 million

Herkimer County
45.7 million

Madison County
60.1 million

Monroe County
711.6 million

New York City
6.6 billion

Oneida County
182.3 million

Rockland County
420.1 million

Rome
25.3 million

Suffolk County
2 billion

Tompkins County
77.5 million

Utica
32.6 million

Westchester County
1.3 billion

[whistle]

1. Based on that number ever man woman and child now living...

...in the United States must cough up $523.08 to pay for the Iraq War so far.

[kazoo35]

4. Read the article about Russia, too.

All that debt is going to catch up with us sooner or later.

[Erika]

2. The Iraqi debt is burying the U.S.

Remember when Bush/Wolfowitz said the cost would be $300 million easily recouped from the sale of oil?

[serryjw]

5. Thanks for remembering that!

Does that mean sometime in the future America is going to get our $280 Billion back into our economy? WOW! What a great wind fall, can't wait!

[Sugarbleus]

3. No question about it...my community is

in aweful shape. There is no FUN in funding...mainly cause there isn't any funding. Schools, libraries, medical, housing...all being cut like crazy.