Find Out How Much the Iraq War Is Costing You
The National Priorities Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to turn "data into action," has an interesting tool on its website that shows just how much the Iraq war is costing your community. The cost so far to Crawford, Texas: $986,998. The cost to Los Angeles County: $11,342,897,442 -- that's billions -- and counting.The National Priorities Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to turn “data into action,” has an interesting tool on its website that shows just how much the Iraq war is costing your community. The cost so far to Crawford, Texas: $986,998. The cost to Los Angeles County: $11,342,897,442 — that’s billions — and counting.
According to the NPP, this is the current cost of the war nationally:
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