Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!raynor From: raynor@orca.UUCP (Raynor Christianson) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Delhi Declaration - A Response to the Nuclear Dilemma Message-ID: <1903@orca.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 13:56:00 EST Article-I.D.: orca.1903 Posted: Wed Nov 20 13:56:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Nov-85 00:23:19 EST References: <1895@orca.UUCP> <2244@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: raynor@orca.UUCP (Raynor Christianson) Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 31 Summary: In article <2244@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >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. >-- >In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) >UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris >CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Your correction may be correct for U.S spending, however the one and one half million per minute as stated in the Delhi Declaration is for global expenditures on weapons. This may be confirmed by contacting the Center for Defense Information 303 Capital Gallery west 600 Maryland Ave. SW Washington DC 20024 (202) 484-9490 Director Rear Admiral Gene R. La Rocque