With $872.6 billion, the cost of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan so far, the United States could fund\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026one year of public elementary school for 116 million children <\/strong>($7,500\/child)\u2026four years of public university<\/p>\n tuition for 35 million students <\/strong>($6,185\/student) \u2026145 billion mosquito nets <\/strong>to help stop malaria in the developing world ($6\/net)<\/p>\n \u20264.6 billion laptops <\/strong>to promote literacy in the developing world ($188\/laptop)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you had an expense account that let you spend $1 million dollars per day\u2026 \u2026it would take 2,391 years <\/strong>to spend $872.6 billion, the cost of Iraq and Afghanistan so far.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n The cost of Iraq and Afghanistan laid out end-to-end in $100 bills\u2026 \u2026would extend 846,157.6 miles <\/strong>\u2013 or just short of 34 times around <\/strong>the Earth\u2019s circumference.<\/p>\n <\/strong>The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost each American family of four $11,458.<\/strong><\/ul>\n Source <\/strong>Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation<\/strong><\/a> –<\/strong> Total Iraq and Afghanistan Supplemental War Funding To Date Actual U.S State Dept. figures used as source. Current combined direct American spending on Iraq + Afghanistan is $11.33 billion per month. And they give Pakistan $1.5 billion annually to fight it’s war on the cheap !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With $872.6 billion, the cost of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan so far, the United States could fund\u2026 \u00a0\u2026a year\u2019s worth of health care for 117 million Americans ($7,439\/person) \u2026one year of public elementary school for 116 million children … Continue reading