Saturday, February 19, 2011

BOW$H to Wisconsin!

From the National Priorities Project website Tools/Trade Offs:

Taxpayers in State of Wisconsin will pay $11.8 billion for proposed Department of Defense for FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
  • 8.8 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
  • 187,914 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
  • 258,971 Firefighters for One Year OR
  • 1.7 million Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
  • 3.4 million Households with Renewable Electricity - Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
  • 9.2 million Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year OR
  • 1.6 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
  • 1.6 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
  • 2.6 million People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
  • 182,022 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
  • 1.4 million Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
  • 2.1 million Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550

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