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As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches on March 19th, NPP's newly released state-level publication contrasts the cost of the Iraq War with the Bush Administration's proposed cuts to selected domestic programs and the cost of making the President's tax cuts permanent.  Thus far, Congress has allocated a total of $522.5 billion to the Iraq War, according to NPP.  This number is projected to climb to $745.7 billion by the end of Fiscal Year 2009.Cost of war breakdowns are available for each state.

At the same time, the President's budget for Fiscal Year 2009 proposes to cut a total of $5.4 billion from four domestic programs alone: Community Development Block Grants, Low-Income Heating Assistance, Social Services Block Grants and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.  The impact of these proposed cuts for each state are available in NPP's latest publication.

USAction, a national organization working for a more just and progressive America, has affiliates in 24 states that will use the NPP reports in their  national day of action on March 19th.  "As the National Priorities Project reports demonstrate," said USAction Program Director Alan Charney, "we can only invest in America's future when we end the costly war in Iraq."

 

   
 
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