The National Priorities Project has a new analysis that compares the amount of taxes each state paid and what each saw in return in military spending in 2005. The study finds that 32 states pay more in taxes than they receive in military expenditures. NPP have also included in their nifty trade-offs tool the FY 2008 war supplemental request. Here's an example using DC: Taxpayers in District Of Columbia will pay $664.2 million for proposed Iraq War Spending for FY2008. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

• 171,000 People with Health Care OR
• 1,175,336 Homes with Renewable Electricity OR
• 11,469 Public Safety Officers OR
• 11,306 Music and Arts Teachers OR
• 320,881 Scholarships for University Students OR
• 59 New Elementary Schools OR
• 2,307 Affordable Housing Units OR
• 210,616 Children with Health Care OR
• 90,267 Head Start Places for Children OR
• 11,306 Elementary School Teachers OR
• 9,983 Port Container Inspectors

What is your state giving up to fund the Iraq War?