Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in the city of Houston, Texas will pay $724.6 million for Afghanistan war spending for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 347,386 Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 391,490 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 11,347 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 76,343 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 12,902 Firefighters for One Year OR
- 98,956 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 254,476 Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 534,401 Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 97,689 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 346,224 One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 191,655 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 11,493 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 81,147 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 130,567 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550