Cost of Bush!

The Iraq war costs American taxpayers $195 million per day
For the cost of fighting the war in Iraq one day,

HOMELAND SECURITY

i. One day in Iraq could provide 3.97 million households with an emergency readiness kit.

ii One day in Iraq could close the financing gap for interoperable communications in 41 small cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large cities so that federal, state and local first responders can talk to one another during an emergency.

iii One day in Iraq could purchase 780 fire trucks for improving local emergency response capabilities.

iv One day in Iraq could employ 4,919 fire fighters, 4,222 police patrol officers, or 7,052 paramedics and emergency medical technicians for one year each.

v One day in Iraq could double the federal budget for nuclear reactor safety and security inspections to ensure that these potential terrorist targets are adequately protected.

vi One day in Iraq could pay for 1,101 additional border patrol agents to better guard our borders against potential terrorists.

vii One day in Iraq could provide 9,750 port container inspection units to detect hazardous materials being trafficked into the country.

viii One day in Iraq could provide 1,332 explosive trace detection portals for airport screening of passengers, as recommended by the 9/11 Commission.

ix One day in Iraq could provide 6,290 local law enforcement agencies a bomb-detecting robot.

x One day in Iraq could provide 4,875 narcotics vapor and particle detectors.xi

EDUCATION

One day in Iraq could cover the full cost of attendance for one year at a public college for more than 17,100 students.

xii One day in Iraq could provide more than 79,000 needy college students with a Pell grant.

xiii One day in Iraq could enroll 27,000 more children in Head Start.xiv One day in Iraq could employ 4,269 elementary school teachers or 4,027 secondary school teachers for one year.

HEALTH CARE

xv One day in Iraq could provide health insurance coverage to 344,500 working Americans to give them a break from the rising cost of coverage.

xvi One day in Iraq could provide health insurance coverage for one year to 380,900 uninsured children in America.

xvii One day in Iraq could employ 3,597 additional registered nurses for one year.

xviii One day in Iraq could immunize every person over 65 in the U.S. against influenza 4.6 times over.

xix One day in Iraq could immunize every baby born in the U.S. last year against measles, mumps, and rubella 14.2 times.

xx LABOR One day in Iraq could provide unemployment benefits for almost 722,000 unemployed Americans for one week.

xxi One day in Iraq could fund Social Security retirement benefits for one day for over 6.75 million Americans.

xxii One day in Iraq could provide comprehensive safety and health training to 121,875 workers.xxiii One day in Iraq could pay for an increase of $3.34 per hour in the wages of every minimum wage worker in the country.xxiv One day in Iraq could provide paid sick leave to half a million workers for an entire year.

BASIC NEEDS

xxv One day in Iraq could buy 71.55 million gallons of unleaded regular gasoline.

xxvi One day in Iraq could pay for one year’s gasoline consumption for 97,500 Americans, even at today’s elevated prices.

xxvii One day in Iraq could buy 63.1 million gallons of fortified whole milk.

xxviii One day in Iraq could buy 166.6 million cartons of large Grade A Eggs sold by the dozen.

INTERNATIONAL

xxix One day in Iraq is equivalent to half of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country of East Timor.

xxx One day in Iraq could feed all of the starving children in the world today almost four and a half times over.

xxxi One day in Iraq could vaccinate three-quarters of the children in Africa for measles and give millions a lifetime protection from the disease.

xxxii One day in Iraq could build 5,571 AIDS clinics in Africa.

xxxiii One day in Iraq could provide 650,000 women in Africa living with HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment for one year to extend their lives and improve the lives of their children.

xxxiv One day in Iraq could provide one third of the aid needed for earthquake relief for the four million people affected in South Asia.

These are Excerpts from a US Daily.

Apalling statistics if true...

~Prasanna.