Letter.

May 13, 2010
The Right Honorable Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON
Canada
K1A 0A2

Dear Honorable Stephen Harper,
I have a question. How much money do you think goes to the Iraq war? I can tell you that it’s roughly 720 million dollars per day. 720 million that could be spent on things we desperately need. That 720 million would be able to provide 84 new elementary schools, 423,529 children with health care, or 12,478 elementary school teachers and we are spending this on the war that isn’t even or to be fighting. Since the beginning of the war, 800 million dollars has been spent. What do you think about that? The war was not ours to follow in. only 6 billion is spent on basic education across the world. 6 billion! Where as 780 billion is spent on military spending, 400 billion on narcotics drugs and 50 billion on cigarettes in Europe. Ironic how we spend more money on things that destroy us and the world than we spend on the worlds basic education. Even money is spent on ice-cream in Europe is more than what is spent on basic education.
I’m asking to pull out of the war. It’s not ours to be in, and its too much money and men to be wasting. Pull out of the war, the so called “peacekeeper” war that we entered, looking to help but caused more harm. This money could be spent on so many great things that are needed. Like education, teachers, healthcare, homeless, disabilities and actual peace missions that can help, like helping in Africa or the recent disaster in Haiti. This money has the potential to do so much good. 720 million a day is 262, 800 billion a year- this should be spent on something needed desperately to do some good.

Sincerely,
Megan Taylor
High School Student, Salmo BC