For fun divide 1.4 million into 305 or 310 billion. That should give you a pretty good per capita number of our yearly military spending. Then estimate what per centage of the per capita goes to procurement.:o)
Tom
Marta Russell wrote:
> Oh yes, he should definitely have written what he meant. It was a bad slip
> which many will interpret as wrong. It makes him look not credible.
> marta
>
> Max Sawicky wrote:
>
> > If he means outlays for all defense, as opposed
> > to procurement, and if he means as a share of
> > discretionary, rather than of "the budget" (his
> > words), then he's in the right ballpark.
> > But for a guy who is so sharp w/words, his
> > fuzziness is fair game.
> >
> > mbs
> >
> > I think Vidal means the discretionary budget.
> >
> > 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
> >
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> > Marta Russell
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> > http://disweb.org/
> > Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract
> > http://www.commoncouragepress.com/russell_ramps.html
>
> --
> 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