The Cost of War Awareness Project is an effort to inform the public on the constantly-escalating cost of funding two wars. Peace Action of New York State has used an electronic counter to expose the cost of war to the public. By raising awareness of the cost of war, we will provoke discussions about our nation’s military spending habits and allocation of tax dollars.
Since 2001, taxpayers in the state of New York have paid over $108 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Click here to see how this money could have been used more effectively.
Nuclear Weapons Spending Fact Sheets
* New Nuclear Capable Submarine: SSBN(X)
* New Long-Range Nuclear Capable Bomber
* CMRR-NF
* MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
Articles about the cost of war
Instructions for programming our new sign
Instructions for programming the original sign (currently undergoing repairs)
Messages that have been posted on the sign
WHAT CAN I DO?
* Join a Peace Action New York State chapter, or start your own!
* Students: check out our NY-Student Peace Action Network – you can even create a chapter on campus!
* Check our events calendar for actions across New York State
* Join our Action Alert list – two emails a month with one action each for peace
* Call, write, or email your Senators and Representatives – tell them you are a constituent who wants them to make sure federal money is spent on our communities and human needs, and not wars, nuclear weapons, or the military-industrial complex!
* Bring the Cost of War Electronic Sign to your town!
COW Electronic Sign
Interested in hosting the sign? Click here to find out how!
Former locations of the sign: Binghamton, Montgomery County, MD, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, and Albany.
The sign is now with our Peace Action Staten Island chapter. You can find out where they will be displaying the sign by clicking here.
LINKS
* Ploughshares Blog: Nuclear Zero
* National Priorities Project
* New Priorities Network
* Friends Committee on National Legislation: Budget
* Peace Action National: Move the Money and Nuclear Disarmament