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Saturday | September 27, 2003

What $89 Billion Could Buy

By DHinMI
The folks at the National Priorities Project looked at the $89 billion total the Bush administration wants from Congress for Afghanistan and Iraq, and they calculated what $89 billion could pay for if it was spent in the U.S.:

$15.0 billion for school construction resulting in 356,475 new jobs,
AND
105,319 new affordable housing units, creating 257,820 new jobs,
AND
$15.0 billion for local and state roads and bridges, creating 423,131 new jobs,
AND
418,060 new firefighters,
AND
health care coverage for 5,723,077 people.

NPP has national and state-by-state breakdowns here.

Posted September 27, 2003 01:25 PM | Comments (86)





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