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