Schools Matter: Saving 300,000 Teaching Jobs Equal to 2 Months of War Expenses in Iraq and Afghanistan

Schools Matter: Saving 300,000 Teaching Jobs Equal to 2 Months of War Expenses in Iraq and Afghanistan

Saving 300,000 Teaching Jobs Equal to 2 Months of War Expenses in Iraq and Afghanistan

by Jim Horn

(Slide from National Priorities Project) Click to enlarge.

When the Wall Street bankster scheme was finally discovered in late 2008, the Feds under Bush rushed in $700 billion to rescue the the same fraudulent banks, insurance companies, and "lenders" that stole the money.

Since 2001, the U. S. has averaged wasting $111 billion per year in Iraq and Afghanistan. The peak war spending year was FY 08, when $184.5 billion was spent on both war fronts. That's over $15 billion per month.