Thursday, May 7, 2009

Big $$ Cost of the Afghan War

The always-useful National Priorities Project has put together a quick history of the current Afghan conflict, along with a chart (on page 4) listing, state-by-state, the amount of money being spent for the war in Afghanistan. The NPP also lists the "opportunity costs" foregone in Head Start, health care, and renewable energy by spending this $172B in Afghanistan instead...
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/

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