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.
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.
COW Sign Electronic Tool Kit
Articles about the cost of war
Instructions for programming our new sign
Instructions for programming the original sign (currently undergoing repairs)