Costs of War

THE COSTS OF WAR

...IN TAX...	...IN LIVES...	...IN OTHER...
Continued costs in 2010 10 billion per month 11 million per minute Interest Payments Due on Above An Additional 40%	Iraqi Civilian Casualties 94,554 - 103,162 Afghani Civilian Casualies 12,460 - 32,057 U.S. Military Casualties 4,367 in Iraq 932 in Afghanistan	FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY INDIANA TAXPAYERS HAVE SPENT ON THE WAR IN IRAQ WE COULD: Provide healthcare for 6,598,259 Children in Indiana
14 billion in taxes from Indiana	111 casualties from Indiana	OR Build 145,889 Affordable Housing Units in Indiana
...DOLLARS...	...LOST AND...	...NEEDS...
Proposed allocations for military spending excluding cost of wars 49% of 2010 federal budget allocation for discretionary spending. Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: 9% of 2010 federal discretionary budget	U.S. Military Personnel Wounded 31,557 in Iraq 4,434 in Afghanistan Civilian contractors killed: 462	OR Offer 1,867,794 IU Scholarships for Indiana College Students OR
South Bend taxpayers will have paid $192.8 million for Iraq & Afghanistan wars	815 Indiana Military Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan	Hire 343,619 Indiana Public Safety Officers OR Provide 2,084,018 Children with 1 year of Head Start
...SPENT...	...DISRUPTED...	...NOT MET...

	costs to the long-term health of the U.S. economy including an expanded trade deficit and high inflation	It's time to develop less costly policies both at home and abroad Contact us by visiting the Michiana Peace and Justice Coalition website www.michianapeacejustice.org
The costs of the current war in Iraq are high and rising daily. In addition to the sky-rocketing human, monetary, and social costs quantified here, there are many other costs not so easy to quantify but just as real:	costs to U.S. credibility both at home and abroad, especially as pertaining to respect for international law and human rights costs to international security as the on-going occupation of Iraq provides terrorist organizations with an increasingly effective recruitment tool.	SOURCES: www.costofwar.com www.nationalpriorities.org www.iraqbodycount.net www.globalsecurity.org www.defenselink.mil http://icasualties.org Revised 12/09

costs to the long-term
health of the U.S. economy
including an expanded trade
deficit and high inflation

It's time to develop less costly

policies both at home and abroad

The costs of the current war

in Iraq are high and rising daily.

In addition to the sky-rocketing

human, monetary, and social

costs quantified here, there are

many other costs not so easy to

quantify but just as real:

costs to U.S. credibility
both at home and abroad,
especially as pertaining
to respect for international
law and human rights
costs to international
security as the on-going
occupation of Iraq provides
terrorist organizations with
an increasingly effective
recruitment tool.