Putting the Annual Cost of War in Perspective
Universal health care
For all people in the
U.S. without it
$100 billion
Iraq war•
Annually
$200 billion
Universal preschool
Half-days for
a-year olds
and full-days
for 4-year Olds
$35 billion
Security
Carrying Out
the 9/11
Commission
recommendations
$10 billion
Cancer research
Annual
budget
$6 billion
•Includes Sl 20 billion in annual military expenses plug the cost Of Veteran medical Care and disability
payments, the COSt Of rebuilding the military after the War, and the increased COSt Of Oil ag a result Of the War.
So Md Kathm K. Linda Sigfitz
Immunizations
For the world's
children against
measles, whooping
cough, tetanus,
tuberculosis, polio
and diphtheria
$0.6 billion
All costs are annual.
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