By the numbers
Budget trade-offs
$418.4 million: Amount Maine taxpayers would spend under proposed Iraq war budget for fiscal year 2008
109,822: Number of people who could get health care for that amount
10,957: Number of police officers that could be hired
60,554: Number of college scholarships that could be awarded
642,430: Number of homes that could switch to renewable electricity
Source: nationalpriorities.org
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