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
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
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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 person
CALCULATE 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 cost
or let CPR do it for you! Just contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 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 SOURCES
The 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 = $171.02
SOURCES
1. 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)
1.14 x $171.02 = $194.96 per person
CALCULATE 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 cost
or let CPR do it for you! Just contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 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 SOURCES
The 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 = $171.02
SOURCES
1. 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
Center for Defense Information
U.S. Department of Defense
Center for Defense Information