What Would Your Family Do With $4,100?

Would you like to take a Disney Cruise? Maybe spend a week with the family in one of those all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean? Perhaps you would like to work a few less hours, and just be able to relax at night and play a healthy game of Chutes & Ladders with the kids. How would an extra $4,100 be spent in your family's home?

Unfortunately, every family in the U.S. won't have the luxury of spending that $4,100 per year, because Congress and the Bush Administration has done it for us. The total spent for the Iraq War to date is $465 billion, which translates into $4,100 per family based on the U.S. Census' 2005 average number of households in the U.S.

If you would like a further breakdown of how much war money your community, city or state is spending, check out:
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=61#down.

Remember, the next time a big pothole nearly takes out the front end of your car, the money that could have been used to repair went into a fund to kill Iraqis and make private war contractors rich.