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Tennessee

What $411,605,000,000 could have built here instead.

Education

Teacher Salaries (1 year)

7,766,132

teachers @ $53,000 each(in Tennessee)

New School Buildings

11,760

schools @ $35,000,000 each

Free School Lunches (1 year)

274,403,333

students fed @ $1,500 each

Student Textbook Sets

1,646,420,000

students equipped @ $250 each

Laptops for Students

1,372,016,666

students with laptops @ $300 each

Full Pell Grants (1 year)

55,659,905

college students aided @ $7,395 each

School Counselor Salaries (1 year)

6,860,083

counselors @ $60,000 each

New School Buses

3,430,041

buses @ $120,000 each

Housing

Median-Priced Homes

1,419,327

homes @ $290,000 each(in Tennessee)

Public Housing Units

2,224,891

units @ $185,000 each(in Tennessee)

Section 8 Vouchers (1 year)

37,418,636

families housed @ $11,000 each(in Tennessee)

Homeless Shelter Beds (1 year)

16,464,200

beds @ $25,000 each

Healthcare

People Insured (1 year)

54,880,666

people insured @ $7,500 each(in Tennessee)

Nurse Salaries (1 year)

6,236,439

nurses @ $66,000 each(in Tennessee)

Hospital Beds

274,403

hospital beds @ $1,500,000 each

Mental Health Counselors (1 year)

7,483,727

counselors @ $55,000 each