VENTURA COUNTY PAYS

FOR NUCLEAR ARMS

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 2005

$ 1 2 3, 818, 8 38 . 78

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Surprised? Shocked? Outraged?

In 2005, the average cost of nuclear weapons development,
to every man, every woman, even every child in the United States,
was $136.21

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 $136.21 = $155.28 per person

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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:

$136.21 X pcim X your population = community cost

or let cpr do it for you!

just contact us at
mail@c-p-r.net

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 average

per capita income in your county ÷ national per capita average = pcim for your county

 

Population figures for your community can also be found in source 1

 

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DOCUMENTATION AND SOURCES

 

The national average nuclear cost per person of $136.21 was obtained by

dividing total U.S. nuclear weapons expenditures of $40 billion (see sources 2, 3, 4)

by the total U.S. population of 293,655,404 (see source 1)

$40,000,000,000.00 ÷ 293,655,404 = $136.21

 

SOURCES

1. U.S. census Bureau estimate ('04)
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml
2. '2006 U.S. Budget
3. Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
4. Stephen Schwartz ­ Author of "Atomic Audit" ­ The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940
5. Ventura County Government Statistics

additional sources:
U.S. Department of Defense
Center for Defense Information

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