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US
Gov't Accomplishments
- As of 3/1/05 -
The
People of Santa Clara County
Are Paying
$1.76 Billion for War!
Think of all the schools, hospitals, shelters,
libraries, clinics and public services
that could have remained OPEN for $1.76 Billion
...
Method of Calculation for "$1.76 Billion for War":
What percentage of the US adult population are
the adults in Santa Clara County?
Multiply that percentage by $300 billion to get how much
the adults of Santa Clara County are paying for War!
215,199,234
1,258,815 |
No.
of adults in US (74% as of 2000).
[ US
Census ]
(215,199,234 = 290,809,777 x 0.74)
No. of adults in Santa Clara County (75%
as of 2000). [ US
Census ]
(1,258,815
= 1,678,421 x 0.75)
- Adult means 18 yrs or older. |
# of Santa Clara
County Adults / # of US Adults:
1,258,815 / 215,199,234 = 0.5849 percent of US adult population
Santa Clara County adults are 0.5849 percent of US adult
population.
$1,754,859,870.92 = 0.5849 X $300,000,000,000 ($300 billion)
Santa Clara County Adults are paying $1.76
Billion for War!
Breakdown
of Economic Costs of War: (As
of 3/1/05)
(all
numbers in billions of US dollars)
Source:
- See page 15 of the following publication from the
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
"A
Failed Transition: The Mounting Costs of the US War
on Iraq", 88 pgs,
IPS (2/17/05) [
local copy ]
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April 2003 Emergency Supplemental
November 2003 Emergency Supplemental
June 2004 Emergency Supplemental
Total
Next emergency
appropriation before Congress
(as of 3/1/05) |
Operations
53.3
51.1
25.0 |
Reconstruction
3.3
18.4
0.0 |
Total
56.6
69.5
25.0
$151.1
$81.9 |
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