Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in State of North Carolina will pay $3.0 billion for Total Iraq & Afghanistan war spending for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 1.4 million Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 1.3 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 55,050 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 318,005 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 76,028 Firefighters for One Year OR
- 384,700 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 1.1 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 2.2 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 427,416 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 1.4 million One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 552,242 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 58,778 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 528,483 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 535,625 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550