how much are we spending on war

[luckyleftyme2]

Well we keep hearing how bad off the states are!I haven't had a chance to check these figures out but I find them very interesting.
Concerned organizations and individuals around the state have created the Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home as a way to promote the idea that our state's fiscal crisis is in large part due to the current spending on endless war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The current wars and occupations have now cost US taxpayers well over $1 trillion. Maine's share of that war spending is more than $3.4 billion. We invite you to imagine how that war money could have been spent here in Maine on education, health care, social programs, repairing our decaying roads and bridges, and building a world-class public transit system.

The total debt of all state governments in the U.S. is now $130 billion. The U.S. will spend $170 billion on our wars in Iraq-Afghanistan-Pakistan this year.

Forty-six states in the US today are in fiscal crisis. We must demand that our Congressional delegation vote against any further war spending and that they become leaders in the Congress on this important issue. We must also urge all elected officials (local, state, and federal) to speak out against continued war spending. Help us call on Maine's elected leaders to demand that we Bring Our War $$ Home now.

Is this what the koch brothers and the other 1% after? our tax money going to them instead of bettering our way of life? think about it! it could be the reason that every
republican president has had a war! to change the direction of our tax money!