Marta
Max Sawicky wrote:
> [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 . . .
> >>>>>>>>>>
>
> 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.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> ", and there is no enemy; and
> they're asking for another $60 billion over the next decade. . . . "
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> 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
-- Marta Russell author, Los Angeles, CA http://disweb.org/ Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract http://www.commoncouragepress.com/russell_ramps.html