Taxpayers in California will pay $1.6 billion for proposed ballistic missile defense in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:
474,335 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year
OR
17,103 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year
OR
20,960 Firefighters for One Year
OR
191,086 Scholarships for University Students for One Year
OR
287,592 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550
OR
842,734 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year
OR
181,709 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year
OR
566,488 Households with Renewable Electricity - Solar Photovoltaic for One Year
OR
20,732 Elementary School Teachers for One Year
OR
1,510,636 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year