This past Saturday, the second anniversary of the US war in Iraq, 8 year old Emme and I attended a peace rally in Hyannis.
\nVirtually no major media outlet in the US covered the protests, which happened in some 800 cities.
\nWe’ve heard about the loss of life – over 150,000 including over 1,500 American GI’s – and the staggering financial costs – $210 billion by the US alone.<\/p>
This past Saturday, the second anniversary of the US war in Iraq, 8 year old Emme and I attended a peace rally in Hyannis. Virtually no major media outlet in the US covered the protests, which happened in some 800 … Continue reading
\nThese numbers are difficult to scale, so here’s how they translate at a local level:
\nPer the National Priorities Project<\/a>, the taxpayer cost to Massachusetts is $6.0 billion.
\nThis is a whopping 40% of the cost of the most expensive public works project in history, the scandal-ridden Big Dig ($14.6 billion).
\nThe cost to taxpayers in the town where I live, Mashpee, is $650,682.
\nThis would have been enough to retain the 7 public school teachers who were let go in the current fiscal year – plus hire 4 more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"