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[quote:c45cc]Cost of Campaign Promises

# Campaign Proposals: Estimate, $1,910,859,050,000Near-Universal Health Care Coverage, $895 Billion
# Mandatory Funding For Veterans Health Care, $211 Billion
# Allow Medicaid To Pay For More Alternative Care Outside Of Nursing Homes, $200 Billion
# Real Deal For Education, $200 Billion
# Temporarily Increase Number Of Active-Duty Troops By 40,000, $80 Billion
# Fully Fund Head Start, $58 Billion
# Aid To States, $50 Billion
# National Service Plan, $35 Billion
# Allow Full Concurrent Receipt To Disabled Veterans, $24.844 Billion
# Increase Spending For Homeland Security, $20 Billion
# Create An Energy Trust, $20 Billion
# Extend Unemployment Benefits, $17.538 Billion
# Increase Federal Pell Grant Funding, $16 Billion
# Spend $15 Billion More Than President Bush By 2008 For International AIDS Programs
# Increase Funding For Child Development Block Grant, $11 Billion

# Give Funding To Auto Industry For Energy-Efficient Vehicles, $10 Billion
# Build High-Speed Rail, $7.9 Billion
# Fund Urban Park And Recreation Recovery Program, $7.25 Billion
# * Increase NASA Research Funding, $5.654 Billion
# * Increase Department Of Energy Research Funding, $4.446 Billion
# * Expand Job Training, Education, And Service Programs, $3.85 Billion
# Double Funding For GEAR UP, $2.98 Billion
# * Increase Funding For Research On Microbicides And Other Technologies Women Can Use To Reduce Risk Of HIV Infection, $2.2125 Billion
# * Increase National Science Foundation Research Funding, $2.126 Billion
# ** Restore And Double Funding For Manufacturing Extension Partnership, $1.83 Billion
# Extend Amount Of Time Military Families Can Stay In Housing After Family Member Killed-In-Action, Make Family Separation Allowance Permanent, Increase Death Gratuity, $1.5 Billion

# * Increase Funding For Indian Health Service, $1.4835 Billion
# Increase Funding For Superfund, $1.38 Billion
# * Increase Funding For Drug Treatment Programs, $1.319 Billion
# Ensure Conservation Reserve Program Has Adequate Funding, $774 Million
# Pass The American Dream Act, $726 Million
# * Provide New Funding For Faith-Based Charities, $550 Million
# * Expand Funding For TRIO Program, $416.5 Million
# Expand Family And Medical Leave Act, $400 Million
# Restore Benefits To Legal Immigrants, $350 Million
# Extend Hate Crimes Legislation, $110 Million
# Provide Adequate Funding For Endangered Species Act, $64.7 Million
# Increase To $10 Million Funding For Project ACTION, $70 Million
# Enact Employment Non-Discrimination Act, $22 Million
# Pass Native American Small Business Development Act, Creating Office Of Small Business Affairs And New Grant Program At SBA, $20 Million

# Increase Minimum Wage, $16 Million
# Ensure Equal Pay For Women, $12 Million
# * Increase Funding For Tribal Colleges, $11.9 Million
# * Increase Funding For Tribal Courts, $2.95 Million
# (* Estimate Based On A Five Percent Increase From President's FY 2005 Request.)
# (** Estimate Based On Highest Revenue Amount Achieved - FY 2003 Funding.)[/quote:c45cc]

whats wrong with this, and why are you americans so affraid of taxes?