Federal Budget Trade-Offs

Could your tax dollars be better spent?
Location Type
State
Program
Trade Off
Taxpayers in Hawaii will pay $40.7 million for proposed ballistic missile defense in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
10,853 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
36,041 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year OR
656 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR
665 Firefighters for One Year OR
5,685 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
7,341 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550 OR
21,916 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR
5,250 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR
13,515 Households with Renewable Electricity - Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR
691 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
5,494 Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for One Year

Notes and Sources
Go to Cost of War Counters