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Justice Dept. Moves Toward Charges Against Contractors In Iraq
Shooting (full article) A $100 Billion Bill (full article) On Iraq: Wiping Out the Legend (full article) A Timeline of the Iraq War (full article) Panel Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal (full article) Preparing the Battlefield (full article) ‘Disposable Heroes’: Veterans Used to Test Suicide-Linked Drugs (full article) Coalition of the Defeated (full article) Report Questions Pentagon Accounts (full article) Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade (full article) Anything Not to Go Back (full article) Billing the Grandkids (full article) BBC Uncovers Lost Bush Forced to Rethink Plan to Keep Logjam of War Contractor Fraud Suits (full article) Released by National Priorities: The cost of the Iraq
war for Anne Arundel County taxpayers = $1.567 BILLION… and that’s only through FY
2009. Imagine if the Iraq War goes beyond 2009! Click
here for downloadable “Detailed War Costs” document. Click here
for downloadable “Where Your Maryland Taxes Go” document. Here’s how it
breaks down:
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214,798 People with Health Care OR ˙
1,015,434 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR ˙
22,102 Public Safety Officers OR ˙
18,578 Music and Arts Teachers OR ˙
138,349 Scholarships for University Students OR ˙ 68
New Elementary Schools OR ˙
5,866 Affordable Housing Units OR ˙
421,426 Children with Health Care OR ˙
146,640 Head Start Places for Children OR ˙
17,324 Elementary School Teachers OR ˙
18,484 Port Container Inspectors IRAQ WAR
Proposed Spending for FY2008 Taxpayers in Anne Arundel will pay $175.4
million for additional proposed Iraq War spending FY 2008. For the same
amount of money, the following could have been provided: ˙
34,436 People with Health Care OR ˙
162,792 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR ˙
3,543 Public Safety Officers OR ˙
2,978 Music and Arts Teachers OR ˙
22,180 Scholarships for University Students OR ˙ 11
New Elementary Schools OR ˙ 940
Affordable Housing Units OR ˙
67,562 Children with Health Care OR ˙
23,509 Head Start Places for Children OR ˙
2,777 Elementary School Teachers OR ˙
2,963 Port Container Inspectors IRAQ WAR
Proposed Spending for FY2009 Taxpayers in Anne Arundel will pay $291.8
million for projected Iraq War Spending for FY 2009. For the same amount of
money, the following could have been provided: ˙
57,307 People with Health Care OR ˙
270,912 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR ˙ 5,897
Public Safety Officers OR ˙ 4,957
Music and Arts Teachers OR ˙
36,911 Scholarships for University Students OR ˙ 18
New Elementary Schools OR ˙ 1,565
Affordable Housing Units OR ˙
112,434 Children with Health Care OR ˙
39,123 Head Start Places for Children OR ˙ 4,622
Elementary School Teachers OR ˙ 4,931
Port Container Inspectors BALLISTIC
MISSILE DEFENSE in FY2007 Taxpayers in Anne Arundel paid $23.2 million for
ballistic missile defense in FY2007. For the same amount of money, the
following could have been provided: ˙ 4,551
People with Health Care OR ˙
21,515 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR ˙ 468
Public Safety Officers OR ˙ 394
Music and Arts Teachers OR ˙ 2,931
Scholarships for University Students OR ˙ 1 New
Elementary Schools OR ˙ 124
Affordable Housing Units OR ˙ 8,929
Children with Health Care OR ˙ 3,107
Head Start Places for Children OR ˙ 367 Elementary
School Teachers OR ˙ 392
Port Container Inspectors NUCLEAR
WEAPONS in FY2007 Taxpayers in ˙ 6,996
People with Health Care OR ˙
33,071 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR ˙ 720
Public Safety Officers OR ˙ 605
Music and Arts Teachers OR ˙ 4,506
Scholarships for University Students OR ˙ 2 New
Elementary Schools OR ˙ 191
Affordable Housing Units OR ˙
13,725 Children with Health Care OR ˙ 4,776
Head Start Places for Children OR ˙ 564
Elementary School Teachers OR ˙ 602
Port Container Inspectors If
this gets your attention, please share this widely with others. If this isn’t
how you want your tax dollars spent, we need for residents of Anne Arundel to
be informed. Then, we need to express ourselves. |
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