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Tomorrow is income tax filing day, so it's appropriate to review what the Iraq War is costing New Mexico and our country. The human and economic costs of the Iraq war have been enormous. Over 4,000 soldiers have been lost and tens of thousands wounded.
Cost to New Mexico
Cost of war for New Mexico = $1.6 Billion
Cost of Iraq war per family of 4 = $35,000
Total number of NM troops killed = 38
Total number NM troops wounded = 266
NM troops ever deployed (as of Jan. 31, 2008) = 10,983
(NationalPriorities.org)
For the same $1.6 billion that taxpayers in New Mexico have paid for the Iraq War thus far, the following could have been provided:
- 424,892 People with Health Care OR
- 2,487,723 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR
- 41,324 Public Safety Officers OR
- 30,689 Music and Arts Teachers OR
- 375,995 Scholarships for University Students OR
- 187 New Elementary Schools OR
- 16,225 Affordable Housing Units OR
- 564,325 Children with Health Care OR
- 229,074 Head Start Places for Children OR
- 30,890 Elementary School Teachers
Economic Train Wreck: By the numbers
GOP presidential candidate John McCain famously announced that he envisions U.S. troops staying in Iraq for 100 years. This prospect is sobering given the costs to our economy thus far. Read More »
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