source Cost in real time How much Federal money is spent in Greenville?
Source How much is the war in Iraq costing the state of SC? 78.1 million
If we hadn't the war in Iraq SC could have:
-Instead, we could have hired 24,834 additional public school teachers for one year.
-Instead, we could have paid for 189,872 children to attend a year of Head Start
-Instead, we could have insured 858,404 children for one year
-Instead, we could have provided 69,494 students four-year scholarships at public universities
-Instead, we could have built 12,907 additional housing units .
-Instead, we could have fully funded global anti-hunger efforts for 7 years
-Instead, we could have fully funded world-wide AIDS programs for 18 years
-Instead, we could have ensured that every child in the world was given basic immunizations for 60 years.
Lets not forget
why we are at war.
Go tell it on the Mountian.