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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Delhi Declaration - A Response to the Nuclear Dilemma
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Date: Sat, 16-Nov-85 23:36:53 EST
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In article <1895@orca.UUCP> raynor@orca.UUCP (Raynor Christianson) writes:

[raynor@orca is quoting from the `Delhi Declaration']
>It is imperative to find a remedy to the existing situation where hundreds 
>of billions of dollars, amounting to approximately one and one half million
>per minute, are spent annually on weapons.

Correction:  one and one half million per hour.

The U.S. government could pay off its ~1.8 trillion dollar debt in
a mere six years by cutting all military spending.  I make no
arguments about the feasibility of doing so; this figure is merely
to help you get a feel for these numbers.  Neither do I claim that
cutting military spending completely would actually have that
effect:  the numbers work out, but that is too great a simplification.
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