Comments on: Let Me Get This Straight – $1.27 Trillion For War, But Not $35 Million For Children’s Healthcare?

By: david

david — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:36:28 +0000

Daniel – Thanks for the comment, but as Greg said, we need these type of comparisons! I never said we would have trillions for healthcare if we did not have the war. But it is amazing to me that our government ALWAYS has money for war, but never for taking care of it’s citizens. Funny how that works…

By: plonkee

plonkee — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:03:44 +0000

Or my favourite comparison where the US government itself (not including health insurance companies) spends more on healthcare per head of population than Britain and we have medical care free at the point of treatment.

By: lavardera

lavardera — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:19:47 +0000

I disagree with Daniel Lunsford – I think these are just the kind of comparisons we need to make. The more of them the better.

By: Daniel Lunsford

Daniel Lunsford — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:10:46 +0000

And yes, I realize that my math was way off… CORRECTION: If we had spent all the money from the War on Terror on homeless children, we’d have enough to allocate $1 million dollars PER CHILD. (I’d say that’s enough to ensure that they aren’t homeless!) This goes to further demonstrate the absurdity of comparing apples (the GWOT) to oranges (national social issues).