Other Things Iraq War Funding Can Pay For

[newyawker99]

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.

-It could send 748,495 people, nearly everyone in Jacksonville, Fla., to Harvard University for four years. Based on Harvard's 2004-05 school year costing $39,880 for tuition, fees, room and board, multiplied by four.

-Or send 2,806,506 people - almost all the residents of Chicago - to the average-priced public university for four years, based on The College Board calculation that the average public college and university costs $10,636 per year, multiplied by four.

-Or buy a median U.S. home - median price $174,100, according to National Association of Realtors - for 685,813 people, slightly more than all the residents of Austin, Texas.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6885-2004Jun1.html

[stellanoir]

1. in other words. . .

it could insure our kids of "a future" other than the draft.

[rkc3]

2. Our children's futures...

lie in the sand of the Middle East. Didn't you listen to Bush's speech today?

There is no need to worry about education or housing - just teach the kids to shoot and duck and they'll be fine. Maybe basic English, but definitely not critical thinkg skills.