Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in California's 15th Congressional District have paid $1.7 billion for Total Afghanistan War Spending Since FY2001. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 940,716 Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 1.1 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 21,176 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 104,740 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 189,877 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 1.1 million Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 2.4 million Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 175,845 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 796,890 One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 575,531 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 17,263 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 199,675 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 300,520 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550