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VENTURA COUNTIES '2010 Nuclear Weapons Tax Bill will be presented by local community leaders at a 12:30 p.m. press conference April 15, 2010 at the Ventura County Government Center. The public is encouraged to attend.As a citizen of Ventura County, this is what YOU and your fellow taxpayers contributed to the continued development of nuclear armaments in tax year 2009:
$ 155,527,390.40 Surprised? Shocked? Outraged?
For information on calculating your communities nuclear expense see below. In 2009, the average cost of nuclear weapons development to every man, every woman, even every child in the United States,was $171.02
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In Ventura County, the average cost per person was even higher, because VC per capita income, hence tax contribution, is higher than the national average. The per capita income multiplier (pcim) for Ventura County is 1.14 (see source 1 below) 1.14 x $171.02 = $194.96 per personCALCULATE THE COST TO YOUR COMUNITY If you don't live in Ventura County you can calculate the cost of nuclear arms to your community using the following formula: $171.02 X pcim X your population = community costor let CPR do it for you! Just contact us at
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/ We're happy to help. We think it's important for you to know! To determine pcim (per capita income multiplier) for your community refer to source 1 listed below: find per capita income for your county, divide by national per capita income. i.e. average per capita income in your county ÷ national per capita average = pcimfor your county Population figures for your community can also be found in source 1
DOCUMENTATION AND SOURCESThe national average nuclear cost per person of $171.02 was obtained by dividing total U.S. nuclear weapons expenditures of $52 billion (see sources 2, 3) by the total U.S. population of 304,059,724 (see source 1) $52,000,000,000.00 ÷ 304,059,724 = $171.02SOURCES1. U.S. census Bureau estimate ('07) http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml 2. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Stephen I. Schwartz, Deepti Choubey (1/09) 3. Center for Strategic Budget Analysis - Steven Kosiak, Vice President of Budget Studies - www.csba.org additional sources:
U.S. Department of Defense
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