Why I am greatful that Hawaii is a "welfare state"

[malolo]

Afwjam? Speaking of the Iraq War, Hawaii County taxpayers alone will have paid $295,740,000 since 2003.

What could that have bought us instead? 1000 Head Start slots for 10 years ...AND 1000 children receiving low-cost Health Care for 10 years ...AND 1000 household Solar Energy systems in each of those 10 years ...AND 100 additional Elementary School Teacher positions ineach of those 10 years ...AND 100 additional Police Officers in each of those 10 years ...AND 500 University Scholarships in each of those 10 years ...AND V.A. care for 300 Military Veterans for each of those 10 years. ...AND there'd still be $3,030,000 left over!

As Kapohocat so wisely suggested wayyyy back on Page 1 of this thread, the OP's energies might better be spent finding a way to cut back on wars and other stupidity -- I'm paraphrasing here, forgive me -- than going after TuTu's Social Security.

National Priorities Project:: Trade-Offs: Reallocate Your Tax Dollars
http://nationalpriorities.org/en/interactive-data/trade-offs/041713/?redirect=cow&state=HI&program=31&county=547&to[]=1|1000|10&to[]=2|1000|10&to[]=10|1000|10&to[]=8|100|10&to[]=3|100|10&to[]=6|500|10&to[]=11|300|10