11/08/07:Costly War Forces City to Sell to Highest Bidder-Susan Spahn
Costly War Forces City To Sell To Highest Bidder
The Capital Times :: EDITORIAL :: A9
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Susan Spahn, Madison
Dear Editor: Two recent military recruitment advertisements have come to my attention. Apparently the military is recruiting again in Madison schools on scoreboards and in gymnasiums.
The military pays for this advertising to the tune of $20,000. They also advertise in Madison's movie theaters - not sure what they pay there.
Apparently Madison is for sale to the highest bidder. Buses disguised as giant Miller beer cans or little Las Vegases, schools promoting a career in death and destruction, movie theaters sexing up the reality of war.
The irony is that it is war that is responsible for the lack of funding to schools and cities that results in their need to find money wherever they can. According to the Cost of War Calculator that provides up-to-the-minute statistics on the cost of the Iraq war, as of Nov. 2, 5 a.m., the cost of the war to the city of Madison was $275,585,724. By the time you read this, that cost will have increased by a few tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars and additional loss of life.
The Capital Times :: EDITORIAL :: A9
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Susan Spahn, Madison
Dear Editor: Two recent military recruitment advertisements have come to my attention. Apparently the military is recruiting again in Madison schools on scoreboards and in gymnasiums.
The military pays for this advertising to the tune of $20,000. They also advertise in Madison's movie theaters - not sure what they pay there.
Apparently Madison is for sale to the highest bidder. Buses disguised as giant Miller beer cans or little Las Vegases, schools promoting a career in death and destruction, movie theaters sexing up the reality of war.
The irony is that it is war that is responsible for the lack of funding to schools and cities that results in their need to find money wherever they can. According to the Cost of War Calculator that provides up-to-the-minute statistics on the cost of the Iraq war, as of Nov. 2, 5 a.m., the cost of the war to the city of Madison was $275,585,724. By the time you read this, that cost will have increased by a few tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars and additional loss of life.
As the old poster says, "It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."
Submitted by wnpj on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 1:45pm.