Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Federal Budget Trade-Offs | National Priorities Project
Federal Budget Trade-Offs | National Priorities Project: "Taxpayers in Raleigh, North Carolina will pay $13.9 million for proposed ballistic missile defense in FY2011. For the same amount of money,
the following could have been provided:
1,658 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
276 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
343 Firefighters for One Year OR
2,474 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
2,507 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550 OR
5,602 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
1,801 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
2,589 Households with Renewable Electricity - Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
268 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
6,903 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year"
Who am i, what am i
A picture's worth
moon phases |
I stand on the sand, and I'm rocking
grief to sleep in my arms.
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