Retired Military professionals from the Center for Defense Information say we could cut our military budget by 15% and still have the strongest military in the world. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan, Lawrence J. Korb provides the Korb Report,
located on Sensible Priorities

Head Start for ALL U.S. Children	$2 Billion
Health care for All Uninsured U.S. Children	$6 Billion
Rebuilding of America's schools over 10 years	$12 Billion
Energy independence with clean technology	$9 Billion
Basic health and nutrition to the world's poor	$13 Billion
Basic Education/literacy for the world	$8 Billion
SUB-TOTAL	$50 Billion
Eliminate global famine (food security)	$40 Billion
Low cost water and sanitation for the world	$10 Billion
TOTAL	$100 Billion

Taxpayers in the U.S. will pay $81.3 Billion for the estimated cost ($100 Billion) of the war in Iraq.
For the same amount of money, we could provide:

• 12,195,349 Housing Vouchers OR
• 14,536,993 People Receiving Health Care OR
• 1,541,037 elementary School Teachers OR
• 361,253 Firetrucks OR
• 11,344,977 Head Start Places for Children OR
• 43,645,326 Chidren Receiving Health Care

Information from the National Priorities Project