Tuesday, April 8, 2008
News What Atlanta pays for the Iraq War
Posted by Scott Freeman on Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:56 PM
The National Priorities Project (NPP), a non-profit research organization that examines the local impact of federal spending policies, just sent out a release that says that 42.2 percent of every federal tax dollar we paid in 2007 went to the military.
By comparison, 8.7 percent went towards anti-poverty programs, 4.4 percent towards education, training and social services, and 2.6 percent towards the environment, energy and science programs.
On the organization's web site, you can break down how much each state and each major city will contribute to paying for the Iraq War if the fiscal 2008 budget is approved.
According to the NPP figures, Georgians will pay more than $4.4 billion for the Iraq War.
Of that, $186 million will come from Atlantans.
Maybe Mayor Shirley Franklin should take a different approach in solving the city's budget crisis: Convince Haliburton to come fix Atlanta. After all, there are terrorists in Gainesville.
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