TRADE-OFFS: YOUR MONEY, YOUR CHOICES

Our federal budget represents a series of choices. Those choices should reflect our priorities as a nation. But do they?
Last updated with FY 2020 budget data. 
"Military in 2021" is up-to-date for funds appropriated for FY 2021.

For Military in 2021, taxpayers in the United States are paying $740 billion. Here's what those tax dollars could have paid for instead:

  • + edit ➜ 6.61 million Registered Nurses for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 87.97 million Public Housing Units for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 16.94 million Jobs That Pay $15 Per Hour with Benefits for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 18.5 billion Coronavirus Vaccines for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 217.65 billion N95 Respirator Masks for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 8.08 million Elementary School Teachers for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 4.29 million Clean Energy Jobs Created for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 16.97 million Head Start Slots for Children for 4 Years, or
  • + edit ➜ 52.07 million Military Veterans Receiving VA Medical Care for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 19.79 million Scholarships for University Students for 4 Years, or
  • + edit ➜ 257.48 million Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 1.87 billion Households with Wind Power for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 149.8 million Adults Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for 1 Year, or
  • + edit ➜ 2.11 billion Households with Solar Electricity for 1 Year

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