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War,The Economy andThe Health of our Communities
hosted by East Bay Citizens for PeaceApril, 2011
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Direct Costs of War:
Iraq War: $790 billion, as of March 2011$9 billion per month average cost$3.12 billion, cost to RI
Afghanistan War:$386 billion, as of March 2011$1.55 billion, cost to RI
Total:$1.12 trillion, as of March 2011$4.67 billion, cost to RI
Source: National Priorities Project, Cost of War project,http://costofwar.com/en/
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Rhode Island’s Economy
$47 billion, GDP in 2009or $41,000 per person
$54,562 median household income in 2008408,424 households
$7.66 billion, budget of RI State Government 2012$3.17 billion from general revenue$2.55 billion from federal funds$1.72 billion from other sources$209.5 million from restricted or dedicated fee funds
$295 million projected deficit
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US Federal Budget 2010
$3.55 trillion $2 trillion mandatory $1.55 trillion discretionary
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US Federal Budget Exercise
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A 25 Percent Solution:
Withdraw in a timely fashion from Iraq = $105 billion in year one
Withdraw from Afghanistan = 25 billion
Eliminate wasteful weapons systems = 33 billion
Reduce active nuclear warheads = 16 billion
Close half of US overseas military bases = 51 billion
Trim unused air wings and sea forces = 5 billion
Eliminated waste in procurement and operations = 20 billion
Total: $255 billion, or 25 percent of Federal Budget’s discretionary spending
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$1 billion in Federal spending creates
8,555 jobs for defense
17,687 jobs for education and
19,795 for mass transit.
Source: Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier, (2007) The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities. Amherst: University of Massachusetts.
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Some resources:
New Priorities Network: http://newprioritiesnetwork.org/resources
25 Percent Solution: http://www.25percentsolution.com/
Friends Committee on National Legislation, Rebalancing Our Nation’s Checkbookhttp://fcnl.org/issues/checkbook/