According to the National Priorities Project,
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/home/index.php, Pennsylvania has or will spend $17.4 billion through 2007 for the Iraq War.
Instead of war, we could have chosen to spend that money to provide:
4,040,849 People with Health Care
OR
287,581 Elementary School Teachers
OR
2,466,634 Head Start Places for Children
OR
5,135,438 Children with Health Care
OR
176,723 Affordable Housing Units
OR
1,210 New Elementary Schools
OR
1,510,938 Scholarships for University Students
OR
296,911 Music and Arts Teachers
OR
400,989 Public Safety Officers
OR
20,911,444 Homes with Renewable Electricity
OR
267,352 Port Container Inspectors
OR......
What could you have done with the money to better the world? And, what could those who died, all who died, have done with their lives?
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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3 comments:
I love the way you think!
Sully
Amazing when you put it in those terms. You might be interested in this..
True Majority
interesting statistics. I don't know what I would do, but I wouldn't let people die.
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