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So, less than the war in Iraq?
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Sat Mar 18th, 2006 at 07:04:47 PM EST
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This tells you how much easier it is to allocate money for destruction than for construction.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Mar 18th, 2006 at 07:10:35 PM EST
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Just a reminder that annual defence spending is around $1.5 trillion.

Annual meaning every damn year.

Just imagine what could be done with that if it wasn't wasted. With a peace dividend of that magnitude you could fund a scheme like this, solve world hunger, and barely notice the difference.

Throwing a few tens of billions a year at sustainables wouldn't be a bad thing either.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Mar 18th, 2006 at 07:46:51 PM EST
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