Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in New York's 23rd Congressional District have paid $1.8 billion for Total Iraq War Spending Since FY2003. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 616,731 Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 719,768 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 21,052 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 105,893 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 23,822 Firefighters for One Year OR
- 191,657 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 1.2 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 2.5 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 182,510 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 854,230 One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 213,048 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 23,731 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 297,636 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 322,144 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550