NightTrain
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Mon May-10-04 05:34 PM
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What does the Iraq war cost Connecticut? |
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Edited on Mon May-10-04 05:34 PM by NightTrain
According to the website www.nationalpriorities.org, the $87 billion that Bush requested from Congress last year for the war and occupation of Iraq will cost Connecticut's taxpayers $2.0 billion. If that money were spent in Connecticut, it could pay for:
1) $136.8 million for school construction, resulting in 3,285 new jobs; and
2) 1,651 new affordable housing units, creating 4,043 new jobs; and
3) $351.1 million for local and state roads and bridges, creating 8,516 new jobs; and
4) 6,152 new firefighters; and
5) health care coverage for 102,141 people.
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Mon May-10-04 05:36 PM
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whistle
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Mon May-10-04 05:45 PM
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2. The newest request by Bush for $25 billion... |
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...to cover the Iraq/Afghanistan war is for the last 3 months of this year. So the cost is going up to $100 billion a year. Most of that is for contractors, so the war IS BIG BUSINESS! Our troops and reservists serving, get $1,000 per month. With 135,000 troops deployed there is no way this war is costing $100 billion for troops and weapons. It's corruption, the Carlyle Company and Halliburton.
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Wed May-12-04 05:06 PM
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3. Those five are all things CT needs |
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We need to Send the Shrub back to Texas.
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