Gore Vidal on the US election

[Max Sawicky]

[From today's Salon.  Full text at
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/20/vidal/print.html]

"The great scandal today is we're still a militarized economy, 51 percent of
the budget goes for the Pentagon for procurement . . .
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Actually it's less than three percent, but
let's not quibble.  If he means all defense
spending, it's 16 percent.  I like Gore Vidal,
even if he can't count.


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", and there is no enemy; and
they're asking for another $60 billion over the next decade. . . . "
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I would be overjoyed to learn that $60 billion was
the most DoD got over its present budget over the
next ten years.

By contrast, the projected surplus over the same
period WILL BE OVER FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!

mbs