FORTY LIES IN 40 DAYS: #25 Annie Cares About the Environment

AMB's grasp of science - earth science, environmental science, modern research, what is happening to glaciers and polar bears - is nil. Whether it's willfulness or stupidity, Blue Sky Girl cannot say, but Annie's dishonesty that embraces ignorance is stunning. Did her curiosity and imagination die in grade school?

Ann Marie Buerkle: Crunch These

Federal Budget for 2010      
$3,456,000,000,000 - that reads Three Trillion Four Hundred and Fifty-six Billion Dollars


Federal Funds to Corporation For Public Broadcasting (NPR and Public Television) for 2010
$420,000,000 - Four Hundred Twenty Million Dollars


Federal Funds to Planned Parenthood nationally for 2010
$360,000,000 - Three Hundred and Sixty Million Dollars


Cost of LI HEAP -Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for 2010
$5,100,000,000 - Five Billion One Hundred Million Dollars


Cost of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 2010
$130,000,000,000 - One Hundred Thirty Billion Dollars


Total Cost of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Ten Years 2001-2011
$1,179,000,000,000 - One Trillion One Hundred Seventy-nine Billion (approximately) -  see side bar on right column for up to date costs.


Total Cost to 25th Congressional District for Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Ten Years 2001-2011
$3,473,000,000 - Three Billion Four Hundred Seventy-three Million (approximately) - go to web site Cost of War for exact numbers: http://costofwar.com/en/state/NY/congdistrict/25/


Taxes at a rate of 20% on Bill Gates' annual income would approximately equal the federal funds to Planned Parenthood for one year.