Nearly A Half-Trillion Dollars Spent On An Unwinnable Civil War Could Have Improved Our Community

Each and every day, it is becoming more evident that the Bush Administration is wasting billions of taxpayers' dollars on an endless, religious civil war that cannot be won. On average, $275 million is spent every day on the war in Iraq—that is an average of $4,100 for every household in the United States over the course of the war. And those costs are continuing to rise with no end in sight.

Last month, Congress voted for an additional $100 billion in spending. That makes the total funding appropriated for the war in Iraq so far $456 billion. The cost to North Carolina taxpayers alone is $12.34 billion.

The money being spent in Iraq could be used to improve the lives of Americans instead of putting them at risk.

With the costs of the war expected to ultimately double, taxpayers in North Carolina cannot afford another $1.04 billion to keep our troops stuck in an unwinnable civil war in Iraq—especially when our communities are paying such a heavy price.

The cost to North Carolina taxpayers alone is $12.34 billion.

With this money North Carolina could have:

• built 110,310 additional housing units
• hired 212,314 additional public school
• have paid for 1,622,670 children to attend Governor Easley's More at Four pre-kindergarten program
• insured 7,336,026 children
• provided 593,909 students four-year scholarships at public universities.

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