Trade-Offs
Taxpayers in the city of Detroit, Michigan will pay $140.8 million for Afghanistan war spending for FY2012 Enacted. For the same amount of money, the following could be provided:
- 66,962 Annual Energy Costs for a Household for One Year OR
- 105,831 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 1,980 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
- 16,178 Fair Market Rent for One Bedroom Apartment for One Year OR
- 19,822 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
- 83,867 Households Converted to All Solar Energy for One Year OR
- 176,120 Households Converted to All Wind Energy for One Year OR
- 18,369 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year OR
- 67,250 One Year Worth of Groceries for an Individual OR
- 34,097 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
- 2,172 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
- 12,072 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
- 25,361 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550