Amerikai Magyar Szó, 1972. július-december (26. évfolyam, 27-49. szám)
1972-10-19 / 40. szám
4 AMERIKAI MAGYAR SZÓ — HUNGARIAN WORD Thursday, Oct. 19. 10 OCHOOL TAXES, real estate taxes on homes, state and city sales taxes take a huge bite out of the workingman's paycheck as a spreading rebellion against such taxes shows. More and more frequently, communities are voting down proposals to raise school taxes, for example, even though the people recognize that educational facilities for their children need to be improved. If federal taxes to meet the heavy arms and war budget weren't so burdensome, there would be much more money available for such vital services as medical care, schools and housing. In two previous issues we showed what tax money now going for war could buy in housing, environmental improvement, child care and education. On this page are some facts showing what the money being spent on military equipment could buy in medical care. Your taxes can buy: HEALTH CARE Either this... One C-5A aircraft. Cost: $60 million. Or this... Funding of Health Services and Mental Health Administration and National Instute of Health from 1972 to 1973. Cost: $65 million. One DE-1052 destroyer escort and one DD-963 destroyer. Cost: $134 million. Funds for education and training of health personnel from 1972 to 1973. Cost $140.9 million. One B-1 bomber. Cost: $41 million. Construction of a 584 bed general hospital in San Francisco. Cost: $41 million. Converting Polaris submarines to Poseidon MIRV. Cost: $404 million. Research centers and clinics for federal heart disease program proposed by Sen. Schweiker (R.f Pa.). Cost: $425 million. Three Huey helicopters and one Air Force F-15 Fighter for Vietnam. Cost: $12 million. Construction of 228 bed general hospital in Granite City, III. Cost: $12 million. Approximate opérating cost of 10 B-52 bombing sorties in Indochina. Cost: $410,000. Construction of a 22 bed nursing home in South Carolina. Cost: $446,000. Material on this page is based on a study prepared by SANE, Washington, D. C.
