Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in The United States have paid $570.9 billion for Total Afghanistan War Spending Since FY2001. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 262.8 million Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 292.6 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 8.4 million Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 55.2 million Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 9.6 million Firefighters for One Year OR
- 75.1 million Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 246.2 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 517.1 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 73.2 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 272.8 million One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 117.4 million People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 8.2 million Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 72.4 million Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 102.9 million Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550