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Good Infographic Design on the Cost of War

I like the design of this graphic from the New York Times comparing the ginormous annual cost of the Iraq war to what we could have spent the money on instead. Pretty amazing what the War That Would Pay For Itself has cost us. (click thumbnail for a larger image).


I also found out that all the libraries in my county will be closing due to lack of funds. Seems the way to pay for the cost of bombs is with our children's education. (although the direct cause of this cut is because of a sleazy federal budgeting rule where clearcutting all our public forests gives us library, police and school money; however, funding to cover the cuts would be possible, were it not for the giant sucking sound that is the Iraq war)

Labels: infographic, visualization, war

Posted by Mark Friday, February 02, 2007 5:18:00 PM | permalink |