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Invest in the Home Front

President Bush has some very misplaced priorities for our country. According to the Congressional Research Service, for the $330 million we spend in Iraq every day, the United States could:

  • Provide 270,000 more children with health care coverage for a year

  • Provide for 1,700 additional border patrol agents for a year

  • Provide health care to 50,000 additional veterans for a year

  • Fund more than 900 additional National Institutes of Health research grants to study deadly and debilitating diseases

  • Send over 50,000 soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen to a public university for a year

  • Enroll nearly 46,000 more children in Head Start for a year

  • Help nearly 800,000 families keep their heat on this winter through the LIHEAP program

  • Construct about 40 Child Development Centers on military installations

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