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Here and There: A Comparison of the Bush Administration's Iraq Reconstruction Package
Published on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
 

Here and There
A Comparison of the Bush Administration's Iraq Reconstruction Package

Produced by the Center for American Progress based on data from the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee
IRAQ UNITED STATES
$6,000 per radio/telephone

The Bush Administration has requested $3.6 million for 400 handheld radios and 200 satellite phones at an average cost of $6,000 each.

  $495
Cost of satellite phone

  $54.99
Cost of walkie-talkie radios

 

$33,000 per pickup truck

The Bush Administration has requested $2.64 million for 80 pick-up trucks at a cost of $33,000 each.

  $15,454
Cost of the award-winning GMC truck

$50,000 per prison bed

The Bush Administration has requested $400 million to build two 4,000 bed prisons for a cost of $50,000 per prison bed.

   $14,000
Rough cost per bed of building new prison

$10,000 per month for business school

Administration has requested $20 million to teach a 4-week course business course at a cost of $10,000 per student.

  $4,000
Per month tuition at Harvard Business School

$200,000 per protected witness

The Bush Administration has requested $100 million to protect 100 families with average of 5 members per family.

  $10,273
Cost per witness for protection in the U.S. Federal Witness Protection

$333 for 30 half days of computer training

The Bush Administration requested $40 million for a $333per-person, per-month half day computer course

  $200
Cost of 6 month computer course at American community colleges

Produced by the Center for American Progress based on data from the U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee

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