Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in State of Wisconsin will pay $1.8 billion for Afghanistan war spending for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 860,936 Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 1.4 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 27,782 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 203,244 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 43,449 Firefighters for One Year OR
- 259,427 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 1.0 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 2.1 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 248,619 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 864,638 One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 393,924 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 27,466 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 217,772 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 326,070 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550