Reply #3: I try never to pass up an opportunity

[chill_wind]

to further anyone's same point you just made:

Taxpayers in Michigan will pay $27.8 billion for total Iraq and Afghanistan war spending since 2001.


For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

10,454,337 People with Health Care for One Year OR

224,136 Affordable Housing Units OR

20,790,946 Children with Health Care for One Year OR

4,203,260 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR

577,008 Public Safety Officers for One year OR

503,250 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR

2,384,815 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR

5,009,831 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550 OR

392,789 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR

39,077,924 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs?location_type=1&state=26&program=585&tradeoff_item_item=999&submit_tradeoffs=Get+Trade+Off