Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in The United States will pay $518.8 billion for Department of Defense Budget for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 238.8 million Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 265.9 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 7.6 million Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 50.2 million Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 8.7 million Firefighters for One Year OR
- 68.3 million Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 223.8 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 469.9 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 66.5 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 247.9 million One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 106.7 million People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 7.5 million Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 65.8 million Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 93.5 million Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550