What if we had not chosen to spend more than $350B on a misadventure in Iraq- damaging American security and undermining American moral leadership?
A moral choice may have been to provide assistance to the hundreds of thousands of homeless Americans- caring for 'the least of these.'
There were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade.
A little more than half were living in shelters, and nearly a quarter were chronically homeless, according to the report Wednesday by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an advocacy group.
A little more than half were living in shelters, and nearly a quarter were chronically homeless, according to the report Wednesday by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an advocacy group.
According to the website that provides the cost of war counter to the left, The National Priorities Project, the US could have built more than 3 million housing units with the money spent on the Iraq war.
Remember, President Bush once chose Jesus as the most influencial philospher in his life.
How would Jesus budget?
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