how much americans spend total

http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/19/spending-income-level_cx_lh_de_0719spending.html
on average

http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-8.pdf
how many households

so the math
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_money_do_Americans_spend

hmmm

So I like the statistics about how much people spent on ________ while you only need ________ for education.

I think the imagery is strong and the statistics are something that most people haven't heard much of.
It plays off of some of the bumper stickers I have seen (i.e. bake sale to buy weapons instead of education..). As well as sayings such as "beat swords into plowshares" and so on.
I feel like i need to take the imagery a step farther, however. I don't feel like the imagery is complete.

I do like the other poster I made with the image of me, however I feel like the statistic falls flat.

what can I do to make it more complex/engaging?
-screenprint the images
-give it texture
-play with how much it fills the space
-where the text is/how it interacts
... and more..... gotta go get plastered.... i'll keep thinking on it.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending

http://www.endpoverty2015.org/goals/universal-education
"did you know" tab has good statistics

"gender equity" - poverty has the face of a woman. 70% of ppl in poverty are women.

education/poverty

http://nationsreportcard.gov/math_2007/m0012.asp
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
http://nationsreportcard.gov/science_2005/s0112.asp?printver=
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/income_expenditures_poverty_wealth/poverty.html

other helpful

www.libraryspot.com
www.bestplaces.net
www.fedstats.gov
www.childstats.gov
http://factfinder.census.gov

goldmine

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3915000&-qr_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_S1701&-ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_G00_&-redoLog=false