Taxpayers in California will pay $1.6 billion for proposed ballistic missile defense in FY2011. For the same amount of money, the following could have been provided:

474,335 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR

17,103 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR

20,960 Firefighters for One Year OR

191,086 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR

287,592 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550 OR

842,734 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR

181,709 Head Start Slots for Children for One Year OR

566,488 Households with Renewable Electricity - Solar Photovoltaic for One Year OR

20,732 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR

1,510,636 Households with Renewable Electricity-Wind Power for One Year