Other Things Iraq War Funding Can Pay For - AP
Congress and President Bush have so far provided $119.4
billion for the war in Iraq. Here are examples of what else
that money could buy.
1. It could send 748,495 people to Harvard University for
four years.
2. Or send 2,806,506 people to the average-priced public
university for four years
3. Or buy a median U.S. home — median price $174,100,
according to National Association of Realtors — for 685,813
people
4. Or buy a Cadillac Escalade ESV sport utility vehicle at the list price of $58,360 for 2,045,922 people
In Addition:
1. $119.4 billion is about equal to the total incomes
earned in 2003 by all the residents of Vermont ($19
billion), North Dakota ($18.5 billion), Wyoming ($16.4
billion), Alaska ($21.8 billion), South Dakota ($22.3
billion), and Montana ($22.6 billion), using figures from
the Commerce Department (news - web sites)'s Bureau of
Economic Analysis.
2. 119.4 billion $1 bills, with each bill 6.14 inches long,
laid out end to end would stretch around the equator 465
times.
3. It would take 3,785 years to spend $119.4 billion at the
rate of $1 per second every day.
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Bottom Line: The Iraq war was a waste of time and money.
When so many people are losing their jobs and their homes,
money could have been better spent to pay off the mortgage
for 685,813 families. (See first item 3).
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