Cost of US Wars Could Have Paid For Free Health Care For Nearly Everyone
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Western Progressive
05/31/2010
Of course, if we're paying for wars, conservatives don't classify that as 'big government.' They never did under Bush. However, once Obama became president and turned part of his attention towards projects at home, such as infrastructure and health care, that was somehow socialist.
To be fair, Obama is partly responsible for a sad milestone that was just reached. The cost of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have now cost taxpayers one-trillion dollars. The nonprofit group that reported the milestone put things into perspective:
The group, National Priorities Project, conveyed the size of US war spending by highlighting other things that could have been bought with the money. For example, for the price of America's two wars, the US could give $5,500 in Pell grants to all of America's 19 million college students for the next nine years. One trillion would also pay the entire healthcare bill for 294 million people, or 440 million children, the group says.
We have an exit strategy when it comes to Iraq. We do not have the same for Afghanistan. How long will we continue the same strategy and expect a different result?
